UN General Assembly
1972

180. However, any resolution on this subject which would tend to interfere with the genuine liberation movements in colonial territories or expose them to armed attacks by the racist regimes of South Africa, Southern Rhodesia and Portugal will be strongly opposed by my delegation, for the right to self-determination for all the colonial peoples of the world is one of the basic principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, and for its attainment the liberation movements are a necessity. In this connexion, it is imperative that the term "terrorism" be clearly defined before the matter is debated.