UN General Assembly
1959

68. Yet to create conditions of peace and stability, we are not to sit idle. All nations have a contribution to make and a duty to discharge. In fact, many States, individually or in their regional organizations and conferences, have spared no effort to achieve these goals. The Conference of Independent African States, held at Monrovia in August 1959, is a landmark in the history of Africa in its sacred march towards complete liberty and sovereignty. In the Arab homeland, some outstanding events have taken place, and their bearing on the international situation deserves to be highlighted at this session.