UN General Assembly
1989

We are equally convinced that the only means at the disposal of the international community to effect positive change is through the imposition of comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against the racist regime, in accordance with Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. As President Bush told us on Monday here in this Assembly, "freedom, once set in motion, takes on a momentum of its own"; "we must bring peace to the people who have never known its blessings"; "Make no mistake, nothing can stand in the way of freedom's march." (A/44/PV. 4)