UN General Assembly
1963

99. I want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the Scandinavian countries. I read the other day that the Foreign Ministers of the Scandinavian countries were invited by South Africa to visit that Territory but that they had refused to go, not because they hate South Africa, but because they disagree with its policy. Without saying so, by that act they are showing us that they wholeheartedly support us. They agree with us that the policy of South Africa is wrong and that it must change, I believe that if other countries acted and behaved in that manner, sooner or later South Africa will learn that ostracism, which was started by the Greeks, is still continuing in the twentieth century. They continue to be ostracized. When the Scandinavian Foreign Ministers refuse to answer their invitation, the South Africans must soon learn that there must be something wrong with them. Once they discover what is wrong and remedy the situation, they will find that everybody will accept their invitation. So I am most grateful, and I want to put It on record that my country appreciates very much indeed the co-operation that the Scandinavian countries have been giving to the African cause, and also this latest action as a manifestation of the wholehearted support they are willing to give us.