UN General Assembly
1955

133. But there is a limit to the patience of even the most reasonable of men. Our opponents must admit that South Africa has, through all these years, shown exemplary courtesy and forbearance when it has had to submit to unfair and often malicious attacks. For some delegations these annual attacks on South Africa have become a sort of Roman holiday to which they look forward with relish, and in which they engage with zest. I leave aside the fact that many of our detractors fall far short of the principles of fundamental human rights and freedoms to which they so often pay lip-service, and are guilty of racial and other forms of discrimination. 134. But, while certain delegations have pursued their vendetta against the Union of South Africa, we are glad to know that there are many others who have grown heartily tired of these annual performances. Nevertheless, should it be decided to include items 20 and 23 in the agenda, the Assembly will once again embark on a discussion of South Africa’s internal affairs.