UN General Assembly
1961

56. With the accession of African countries to national independence, there has come another danger, more subtle in its allurement than colonialism itself. This new danger is neo-colonialism. In the light of African nationalism the colonial Powers have realized, and admitted, that the time has come for them to withdraw, to concede independence to the African people. They try, however, to use all possible means of depriving the new African States of the real substance and meaning of their national independence by such devices as military pacts, economic and cultural agreements and the granting of scientific and technical assistance in the form of recruitment of personnel from among their' own nationals.