UN General Assembly
1961

154. Be that as it may, twenty-five nations of Asia and Africa became Members of the United Nations five years after Bandung, and we have just admitted another African country. Thus, the United Nations was indebted to the Conference of the countries of Africa and Asia for giving effect to the long-neglected principle of universality. 155. However, the task is far from completed. More than one country is still fighting for its freedom and waiting for the day when the doors of the United Nations will be opened to it. Others are fighting to defend their territorial integrity or to free themselves from the last vestiges of colonialism and racial discrimination.