UN General Assembly
1960

100. The provisional government of the Algerian Republic has been unjustly accused of desiring to negotiate on the future of Algeria. The truth is, however, that the provisional government is willing to leave that future to be decided by the Algerian people itself. All it insists on is, that the people’s decision should be completely free. It therefore asks that before the cease-fire is ordered, there should be agreement on the conditions under which a free vote would be held. It frankly has no confidence in the impartiality of the authorities who will conduct the vote. After six years of terrible war and enormous sacrifices, the Algerian patriots will not lay down their arms before they make sure that the Algerian people will be able to choose their political future by a free vote. It is to ensure such freedom that the provisional government of the Algerian Republic is asking for negotiations on the guarantees necessary for the true application of the principle of self-determination. Surely no one will seriously suggest that the French authorities will organize a free vote in Algeria.