UN General Assembly
1964

108. When a multiplicity of languages and peoples have been grouped by history within the boundaries of one territory, when age-old isolation and suspicions have not yet been fused into a sense of community — in these circumstances it is not simply a question of offering the means of self-determination. A common national purpose and a national consensus have first to be created. As we recognize the need for urgency in implementing the declaration, we also must recognize the creation first of a sense of community. To do otherwise is not merely to raise more problems than are solved: it is a betrayal of our commitment under the declaration to offer real self-determination to all dependent peoples.