UN General Assembly
1969

influence of United States imperialism. 33. We salute the friendly people of the German Democratic Republic, with which we enjoy full diplomatic relations, in appreciation of the honourable, courageous and just stand they have taken with regard to the struggle of oppressed peoples for liberation, among them the struggling people of Palestine. We hope that the German Democratic Republic will take its rightful place in the United Nations. 34. At this juncture we would like to salute the revolution of 25 May of the Arab people in the sisterly State of the Sudan, and the revolution of 1 September and the emergence of the Libyan Arab Republic, as two progressive revolutions reaffirming the inevitability of progress in the Arab world. 35. Lastly, we should like to express our hope that the twenty-fifth anniversary of this Organization will not pass without seeing a reduction of the wide gap between the developed and the developing countries; and we hope to have a celebration when the world is liberated from imperialism and military bases. We hope that nuclear