UN General Assembly
1958

6. We have instinctive sympathy with the movement for political and national renaissance everywhere in Asia and Africa. We feel that nationalism, though it might have outlived its utility in some of the more advanced countries of the world, is still a potent force in Asia, which, if canalized in constructive channels, might prove to be of immense good to the people in general. To those friends of ours in the West who have shown apprehensions about the excesses of Asian nationalism, all that we have to say is that even in their case — that is, in the case of Europe — history shows that the road to a wider measure of international co-operation, has always lain through the healthy growth of nationalism. Therefore, we oppose every attempt to obstruct the free growth of nationalism in any part of the world. The United Nations Charter itself is based on the principle and concept of international co-operation in various spheres, including the economic.