UN General Assembly
1952

127. The Moroccan and the Tunisian problems alike consist basically of how to ensure for the future, as in the past, that all these elements in the population, each essential to the life of the country, shall be able to live and work together in peace and friendship. The indigenous populations themselves are not homogeneous; they differ in their origins, traditions, beliefs and aspirations. The successes achieved under the authority, the responsibility and the protection of France in the past must be maintained and guaranteed by a new regime. That is the political problem before us. 128. It is relatively easy to criticize and to express wishes. It would, I think, be extremely rash to attempt? to burden the United Nations with the responsibility for determining the future organization of two rapidly developing countries.