UN General Assembly
1959

69. These principles which we believe should apply to Algeria are equally applicable to the problems in East, Central and South Africa. We cannot accept the theory that any portion of Africa is an integral part of any other continent. Such a fiction is no solution to the grave problem of freedom and human rights which are involved in these areas. 70. We are concerned about the imprisonment of African leaders and of attempts to force on a people something which they have clearly indicated they do not want. 71. While the European minorities that have settled in African territories have to be protected, this should not be done to the detriment of the African majorities who are the real owners of the territories.