UN General Assembly
1974

70. The twenty-ninth session of the General Assembly is meeting on the eve of the thirtieth anniversary of the victory over fascism in the Second World War which has brought, thanks to the victory of the Soviet Army, freedom to our people, too, following the period of six years of Nazi occupation. This year Czechoslovakia has recently celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the Slovak national uprising, which represented not only a significant event of resistance against the Nazi occupants, but also one of the important popular military actions in Europe. Next year we shall celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the liberation of our State which, as one of the founding Members of the United Nations, has always endeavoured to prevent the repetition of the horrors of war.