UN General Assembly
1965

38. The problem of inferior status because of colour is evident in other regions of the world, but in those regions there is clear acceptance that race superiority is an evil doctrine to be curbed, controlled and abolished. Only in the areas of Africa and Asia mentioned above does one find such a doctrine tolerated and imposed as official policy, with even a pious and sanctimonious claim that it is the best means of uplifting the so-called inferior races. 39. My country has been in the forefront of the crusade against apartheid and, at the behest of the United Nations, has not hesitated to fulfil all the demands made upon it by the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council. It has closed its doors to trade with South Africa, even though it has meant a loss of nearly $25 million in export earnings.