UN General Assembly
1965

"I am well aware that this would exclude from representation in the United Nations some 20 million people living in what is known as East Germany, and this may sound inconsistent with my previous remarks about the rights of over 10 million people in the Republic of China to be represented in this Assembly, but we must remember that in the case of Germany there are several distinctions. First of all, unlike Taiwan, the so-called German Democratic Republic has never had the distinction of being a founder Member of the United Nations and therefore has no similar prescriptive right to membership. Furthermore, the German Democratic Republic is something of an artificial creation which has come about not through the free will of the people living there but as the result of the actions of a certain great Power. These are both important considerations, but perhaps the most important consideration of all is that in the case of Germany there is a remedy — the remedy of bringing about unification of all Germany into a single State, with all its people enjoying equally the right of self-determination. When that day comes, there will no longer be a problem of East and West Germany and the people of East Germany will automatically find their voice in the deliberations of this Assembly without having to seek membership.