Evening star., 1960-09-22

have the greatest stake in the
effective functioning of the
United Nations.
If the United Nations sys-
TEN is successfully subverted
in Africa, the world will be on
its way back to the traditional
exercise of power politics, in
which small countries will be
used as pawns by aggressive
major powers. Any nation, Sc
duced by glittering promises
into becoming a catspaw for an
imperialistic power. thereby
undermines the United Nations
and places in jeopardy the in
dependence of itself and all
others.
1t is imperative that the in
ternational community protect
the newly emerging nations of
Africa from outside preSsures
that threaten their independ-
ence and their sovereign rights.
Offers Program
To this end. I propose a pro-
gram which contains five major
elements:
First: A pledge by all coun-
tries represented at this AS
sembly to respect the African
peoples right to choose their
own way of life and to deter
mine for themselves the course
they wish to follow. This pledge
would involve these specific
commitments:
To refrain from intervening
In these new nations internal
affairs-by subversion, force,
propaganda, or any other
means.
To refrain from generating
disputes between the states of
this area or from encouraging
them to wasteful and dangerous
competition in ornaments.
And to refrain from any
action to intensity or exploit
present unsettled conditions in
the Congo-by sending arms OF
forces into that troubled area,
or by melting its leaders and
peoples to violence against each
other.
Calls for Pledge
These actions my country
and many others-are now
avoiding. I hope this Assembly
will call upon all its members
to do likewise, and that each
speaker who follows me to this
platform will Solemnly pledge
his country to honor this call
Second: The United Nations
should be prepared to help the
African countries maintain
their security without wasteful
and dangerous competition in
armamentS.
United Nations experts are
being asked to train the Con-
go's security forces. If the Sec
tretary General should find ii
useful to undertake increased
activity in order to meet re-
quests of this nature elsewhere
my country would be glad to
join other member states in
making essential contributions
to such United Nations activity
More Importantly I hope
that the African states will use
existing or establish new re-
gional machinery in order to
avert an arms race in this
area. In so doing, they would
help to spare their continent
the ravages which the excesses
of chauvinism have inflicted in
the past. II, through concerted
effort. these nations can choke
of competition in armaments,
they can give the whole world
a welcome lesson in interna-
tional relations.
Notes Speed on Troops
The outstanding speed and
success of the United Nations
in dispatching substantial
forces to the Congo should give
these states assurance that they
can rely on the United Nations
to organize an effective re-
sponse if their security is
threatened. This should re-
duce any pressures on them to
raise larger forces than are
required to maintain internal
security. Thus they would help
to free their resources for more
constructive purposes.
Third: We should all support
the United Nations response to
emergency needs in the Re-
public of the Congo which the
Secretary General has shown
such skill in organizing.
hope that states represented
here will pledge substantial
resources to this internationa
program, and agree that il
should be the preferred mean,
of meeting the Congo's emer.
gency needs. The United State;
supports the establishment oi
a United Nations fund for the
Congo. We are prepared tt
join other countries by con-
tributing substantially for i'm.
mediate emergency needs tt
the 500 million program thai
the Secretary General is pro-
posing.
| Asks Fund Increase
! Fourth: The United Nations
should help newly developing
African countries to shape
their long-term modernizatior
programs. To this end:
The United Nations specia
fund and expanded technica
assistance program should bt
increased so that in combina.
ton they can reach their an.
nual 500 million goal in 1861
The special funds functions
should be expanded so tina
it can. assist countries in plan
ming economic development.