Speech by H.I.M. HAILE SELASSIE I
that stumbled the world
that until the philosophy which holds one race superior
and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited Read More 👇
California 28th February 1968
Emperor Selassie's of Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Address to the United Nations
(1963)
by Haile Selassie
Spoken to the United Nations General
Assembly on October 4, 1963. This
speech is typically credited as the
inspiration for Bob Marley's hit song
"War ". The translation is that provided
by the United Nations, running concurrent with his speech.
"Last May, in Addis Ababa there was convened meeting
of Heads of African States and Governments. In three
days, the thirty-two nations represented at that
Conference demonstrated to the world that when the will
and the determination exist, nations and people of diverse
backgrounds can and will work together in unity for the
achievement of common goals and the assurance of that
equality and brotherhood which we desirre"
"Although our position vis-a-vis the power-blocs is
identified with the policy of non-alignment, our past
history testifies to the fact that we have always
endeavored to cooperate with all nations, without
exception.
Thus, one of the fundamental principles we
have agreed upon at the Addis Ababa Summit Conference
give expression to our fundamental desire to live in
harmony and cooperation with all States"
"On the question of racial discrimination, the Addis Ababa
Conference taught, to those who will learn, this further
lesson:"
"that until the philosophy which holds one race superior
and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited
and abandoned; that untill there is no longer any first-
class and second-class citizens of any nation; that until
the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than
the color of his eyes; that until the basic human rights are
equally guaranteed to all, without regard to race -- until
that day, the dreams of lasting peace and world
citizenship and the rule of international morality will
remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never
attained.
And also, that until the ignoble and unhappy
regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique
and South Africa in subhuman bondages have been
toppled and destroyed; until bigotry and prejudice and
malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced
by understanding, tolerance and good-will; until all
Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes
of all men as they are in Heaven -- until that day the
African continent will not know peace. We Africans will
fight, if necessary and we know that we shall win, as we
are confident in the victory of good over evil."
"The United Nations has done much, both directly and
indirectly, to speed the disappearance of discrimination
and oppression from the earth. Without the opportunity to
focus world opinion on Africa and Asia which this
Organization provides, the goal might, for many, still lie
ahead, and the struggle would have taken far longer.
For this we are truly grateful."
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