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| Chapter V |
| Collective Security Nov. 02, 1960 |
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| Haile Selassie the First - November 2, 1960 |
.... Although a small nation, Ethiopia is yet intimately concerned with the
easing of the tensions which so unfortunately mar the realm of
international relations today. Throughout Our lifetime, We have
consistently maintained that in the principle of Collective Security rested
the best hope for assuring the peace of the world, and We have given
unstintingly Our support to the world organizations which have been
created to assure the application of this principle. Throughout its brief
existence, the United Nations has justified the faith which We have placed
in it, and We shall continue to be steadfast in our support of the United
Nations Organization.
Less than two months ago, a historic session of the United Nations
General Assembly was convened at New York. At this meeting, seventeen
states which had achieved their independence during the past year, of
which sixteen are situated on the African continent, were admitted to this
foremost of international organizations. This year's General Assembly was
attended by the heads of several of the most prominent world powers,
attesting both to the magnitude of the tasks facing the United Nations as
well as to the increasingly crucial role which this Organization is assuming
in world affairs.
Having Ourself laboured unstintingly for the reinforcement of international
organizations devoted to the cause of peace and the strengthening of the
principle of Collective Security, We sent a personal message to the
opening session of the General Assembly in which We called upon the
nations gathered there to spare no effort to reach wise and sound
decisions designed to solve the problems which face the world today and
to lessen the tensions which separate and divide nations. We despatched a
delegation headed by Our Deput Prime Minister to this Assembly, and We
maintained constant contact with Our delegation to the end of giving them
Our personal directives. The United Nations has now taken up its agenda
in its component committees, and We trust that the results of these
labours will amply justify the confidence which We and other world
leaders ahave demonstrated in the Organization.
As a sovereign nation, jealous of her independence, Ethiopia has a duty
both to her own people and to the other free peoples of the world to
ensure that aggression will be resisted wherever and in whatever form it is
met. It is today the duty of each state which is dedicated to the cause of
peace to be prepared to fulfil its commitments to the United Nations in
defence of the principles of Collective Security and to stand ready at all
times to discharge these obligations. Ethiopia's armed forces have, during
the past year, been built upo to a high degree of efficiency. The Imperial
Ethiopian Air Force has now been expanded to include jet fighters,
furnished by the United States of America under its military assistance
programme. Decisions have been reached during the past year which will
result in further expansion of the ground forces of the Imperial Ethiopian
Army and in he provision of additional equipment for Ethiopia's small but
growing Navy. We pray that it may never be necessary to do battle, but
We must, at the same time, be prepared to use these arms in resisting
international aggression should events so require.....
easing of the tensions which so unfortunately mar the realm of
international relations today. Throughout Our lifetime, We have
consistently maintained that in the principle of Collective Security rested
the best hope for assuring the peace of the world, and We have given
unstintingly Our support to the world organizations which have been
created to assure the application of this principle. Throughout its brief
existence, the United Nations has justified the faith which We have placed
in it, and We shall continue to be steadfast in our support of the United
Nations Organization.
Less than two months ago, a historic session of the United Nations
General Assembly was convened at New York. At this meeting, seventeen
states which had achieved their independence during the past year, of
which sixteen are situated on the African continent, were admitted to this
foremost of international organizations. This year's General Assembly was
attended by the heads of several of the most prominent world powers,
attesting both to the magnitude of the tasks facing the United Nations as
well as to the increasingly crucial role which this Organization is assuming
in world affairs.
Having Ourself laboured unstintingly for the reinforcement of international
organizations devoted to the cause of peace and the strengthening of the
principle of Collective Security, We sent a personal message to the
opening session of the General Assembly in which We called upon the
nations gathered there to spare no effort to reach wise and sound
decisions designed to solve the problems which face the world today and
to lessen the tensions which separate and divide nations. We despatched a
delegation headed by Our Deput Prime Minister to this Assembly, and We
maintained constant contact with Our delegation to the end of giving them
Our personal directives. The United Nations has now taken up its agenda
in its component committees, and We trust that the results of these
labours will amply justify the confidence which We and other world
leaders ahave demonstrated in the Organization.
As a sovereign nation, jealous of her independence, Ethiopia has a duty
both to her own people and to the other free peoples of the world to
ensure that aggression will be resisted wherever and in whatever form it is
met. It is today the duty of each state which is dedicated to the cause of
peace to be prepared to fulfil its commitments to the United Nations in
defence of the principles of Collective Security and to stand ready at all
times to discharge these obligations. Ethiopia's armed forces have, during
the past year, been built upo to a high degree of efficiency. The Imperial
Ethiopian Air Force has now been expanded to include jet fighters,
furnished by the United States of America under its military assistance
programme. Decisions have been reached during the past year which will
result in further expansion of the ground forces of the Imperial Ethiopian
Army and in he provision of additional equipment for Ethiopia's small but
growing Navy. We pray that it may never be necessary to do battle, but
We must, at the same time, be prepared to use these arms in resisting
international aggression should events so require.....
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