UN General Assembly
1962

23. So the Assembly can see that in 1954 Goa was considered by India as a special territorial group created by history; in 1962 there is no difference between Goa and the rest of India. Such is the painful plight of the people of Goa, and I will leave it to the Assembly to judge whether Goa has been "liberated" or is now, as is the case, under the oppression of foreign military rule. 24. But I said that the question of Goa raised in the report of the Secretary-General on which I am commenting, has a deeper meaning of a general character. I do not wish to tax the patience of the Assembly. I shall confine myself, therefore, to two observations.