UN General Assembly
1966

15. Our objective is, and indeed must be, peace; this is the very foundation. Only if there is peace can we put an end to poverty and raise the standard of living of the peoples of the world who are today the victims of hunger, incomprehension, intolerance and the absence of social justice. 16. In the same context, we continue to be concerned by the ever more acute social and political problems caused by the apartheid policy of the Government of South Africa and its persistance in continuing and reinforcing that policy. The Costa Rican delegation has worked with unremitting zeal in the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa and wishes to place on record once again its total repudiation of that policy and of the doctrine on which it is based. It also expressed the hope that this source of discord and unrest will soon disappear to the satisfaction of the peace-loving nations whose fears will thus be allayed.