UN General Assembly
1963

123. It is heartening to us all that the African delegations will henceforth speak only the language of Africa, that is to say, the language of historical truth, inspired by an acute sense of responsibility and a powerful drive to regenerate Africa and Its own personality. Since Addis Ababa, all arbitrary divisions, feelings of superiority and methods aimed at breaking up the human unity of Africa are things of the past. There will be no more talk of Africa north of the Sahara or of Africa south of the Sahara; there will be no more references from this rostrum to the alleged differences of values and abilities of the black and white peoples of Africa. All considerations based on colour are contrary to African ethics and alien to the political thought of our peoples. African civilization, as created by all our peoples, will have a brilliance that will be all the greater as all our nations will strive to perfect it as well as to Integrate it closely into the historical values of all mankind.