UN General Assembly
1962

110. Nearly two years have elapsed since the General Assembly, on the Initiative of the Soviet Union, adopted at its fifteenth session the historic Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples [resolution 1514 (XV)], That was a great victory for progressive mankind as a whole. In the meantime the heroic Algerian people, whose seven years of struggle for freedom and independence have borne remarkable fruit, has embarked upon the road of independent development. The Byelorussian delegation is glad to welcome the admission of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria to membership in the United Nations, and we fully support the Security Council’s recommendation on this question. We also salute the admission to membership in the United Nations of Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.