"The best way to take the passion out of a debate is to analyse the facts rather than yielding to the temptation to engage ~ polemics." This statement by French politician, Mr. Maunce Schumann, former French Minister for Foreign Affairs, is very applicable to the discussion of the question of the Co…
The obligations which are borne by each State Member of
2 See document A/I0297, annex I. 3 See docunlent A/32/310, annex I. 4 See document A/I0217 and Corr.l, annex~para. 41.
30. It is in that spirit that the delegation of the People's Republic of the Congo would like to remind the French delegati…
It is a sincere concern that prompts my delega- tion to take part in the debate on the question of the Comorian island of Mayotte. The persistence of this problem constitutes both a denial of the tradition here- tofore followed by France in the field of decolonization and a breach of the principles …
It is sad news we have just heard. I wish to take this. opportunity to express on behalf of the Congolese delegation our deep condolences to the delegation of Colombia on the death of Mr. Arango.
120. The position which has been expressed many times by the People's Republic of the Congo on the ques…
On his return from a recent colonial tour of inspection in Angola, the Minister for the Colonies of the Salazar Government, Mr. Adriano Moreira, brazenly stated at Lisbon: "What is happen- ing in Angola is aggression, and its purpose is cIear-genocide."
51. We who know the true situation in Angola …
I must thank all the members of the Council most warmly for the vote which it has just taken on the draft resolution submitted by Ceylon and Tunisia. If it is notthefirst time, it is certainly one of the few times thatthe SecurityCouncilhas unanimously adopted a resolution of this kind. I extend my …
l can understandwhythe representative of Guinea is angry. A short time ago, at the beginning of my statement, l named the States whose attitude appears to my country to be contraryto the objectives that we are aU seeking. l mentioned the Soviet Union and its satellites, the United Arab Republic, Gui…
The Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) has requested that it too he allowed to speakin this debate in the Security Council on the general situation in the former Belgian Congo not solely because we are a neighbour of that sister country nor because of the traditional bonds that unite us, but above …
