UN General Assembly
1971

240. For all African countries-particularly those bordering on territories under colonial domination it is an imperative duty to help those peoples throw off the yoke of oppression. The People's Republic of the Congo, faithful to its ideals and commitments, has continually carried out this noble duty, and because of that now finds itself up against a campaign of systematic defamation marshaled against it by Portugal and its NATO allies by posing a permanent threat of aggression to our country. In fact, Portugal and its NATO mentors are still openly recruiting mercenaries in European capitals to consummate their heinous crime and to plunge our country into wretchedness.