UN General Assembly
1965

54. The Philippines has co-sponsored with El Salvador and Nicaragua the request for the inscription of the item entitled "Question of Tibet" on our agenda [A/5931] because of the continued suppression of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the Tibetan people. The situation in Tibet remains a source of grave concern to the international community, and efforts should be exerted to achieve the objectives of General Assembly resolution 1723 (XVI). 55. The Philippines will continue to support the work of the Committee of Twenty-Four until the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples [General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV)] is fully implemented and the last subject nation is brought to freedom. We should not relent in our efforts to complete the liquidation of colonialism. We should assist the colonial peoples not only to attain political independence, but also to become emancipated economically, to have control of their natural resources, and to direct their own commercial expansion and industrial development.