UN General Assembly
1959

140. The case of Algeria, although it affects us only remotely, cannot leave us unmoved. After holding a referendum which ratified the permanent status of Algeria as a French territory, President de Gaulle has gone further and made new offers which now include guarantees of a new consultation, in the broadest and freest sense, of the inhabitants of Algeria. This turn of events — quite apart from the great value of having France as a country respected in the European community — is a source of gratification to all those who understand as we do the need to go on clearing away the problems still darkening the horizon.