Patrice Lumumba

d equitable world through their commitment, determination and spirit of sacrifice. I am thinking in particular of Fidel Castro of Cuba. Patrice Emery Lumumba of the Congo. Modibo Keita of Mali. Ruben Um Nyobe and Felix Mournie of Cameroon. Sylvanus Olympic of Togo. Che Guevara of Argentina. Martin Luther K

world and the interests of others. What would the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s trajectory have been without the assassination of Patrice Emery Lumumba? What would have become of my country if it had been allowed to continue its peaceful post-Cold War democratic apprenticeship without being derailed

Colonel Muammar Al-Qadhafi, also raised the question of the political assassination of many personalities, including Dag Hammarskjöld, John Kennedy, Patrice Lumumba, Martin Luther King, Maurice Bishop and many Palestine Liberation Organization leaders. Those assassinations shocked the conscience of the world and

s President of the General Assembly, Mr. Ali Treki should open an investigation of the assassinations file — in addition to the war files. Who killed Patrice Lumumba, and why? We merely want to record it in the annals of African history; we want to know how an African leader, a liberator, came to be assassinated.

in America, where we are marching with the same strength, the same vigour and the same living principles that were those of the African fighters like Lumumba and Sekou Touré; the principles of the Latin American fighters; the principles of the North American fighters, the United States fighters; the princi

I would like to recall the words of a great son of Africa, the late Patrice Lumumba: “History will one day have its say ... Africa will write its own history, and it will be to the north and to the south of the Sahara, a history of g

This is an absolute fraud, and it threatens our African brothers as well. A country that is one eightieth the size of ours, that not long ago, before Lumumba, held the reins of our country, dares to allow its justice system because in our country there are patriots and nationalists I come from a province n

hey came to restore peace, and the result was that for one of the most illustrious sons of our people, the most admired African nationalist President Patrice Lumumba, the flag of the United Nations served as a shroud. We do not wish, we will not allow, that same flag to be a shroud for those who have taken up the

After my country acceded to independence in June 1960, at the height of the cold war, the symbol of our sovereignty, Prime Minister Patrice Emergy Lumumba, was martyred to that sovereignty. Under the complaisant eyes of the international community, a bloody and reactionary dictatorship was formed in the

This is a matter critical not only to Grenada but also to many countries of Africa, especially since the assassination of the great patriot and hero Patrice Lumumba. The Caribbean region is the latest theater of action for those international murderers in this case, paid, programed and equipped to kill by that no

eals the terrorist nature of the American Administration, and there are other recent examples of this. The physical liquidation of the African leader Patrice Lumumba by American intelligence services is evidence of the hatred harbored by the United States towards everyone who is nationalist and progressive in Afri

t forget the lessons learned in the struggles for independence; and in particular they will never forget the lessons of the Congo and of the death of Patrice Lumumba. We must affirm that for any change in the region to be acceptable and to lead to a genuine solution, there must be a total eradication of apartheid

s realism, the women of Burundi have taken part in all international meetings organized within the framework of this Year dedicated to women, of whom Patrice Lumumba once said that in training women we are training a whole generation. We hope this can be done without detracting from their charm and beauty.

it is as wealthy. Outside Powers are unable to let it be. It is coveted by many. The streets of Luanda are cluttered with many a corpse like that of Lumumba. I hope I am not being too much of a visionary if I say that the whites in the area, led by South Africa and abetted by like-minded whites outside th

a after the aggression of 27 August 1969 which was perpetrated in the Boke area of Guinea by five Portuguese patrol boats against the Guinean trawler Patrice Lumumba, which was loaded with cargo and passengers. In this open aggression a school teacher was killed and three civilians were wounded. 225. On 15 Decembe

land and the expulsion of the invaders is becoming daily more intense and the light of final victory is already shining on the horizon. The memory of Patrice Lumumba is the standard borne by the vanguard of the Congolese patriots. The Cuban delegation pays a tribute to those patriots and reaffirms the support of t

United Nations forces as of 30 June 1964. 45. Thus, the loss of the lives of the greatly admired and lamented Dag Hammarskjold and his colleagues, of Patrice Lumumba, and of the hundreds of Congolese nationalists and members of the United Nations operation in the Congo, among whom were my own countrymen, was not i

his unhappy country shows clearly the determination of colonialism and imperialism to retain their hold on this country's resources at all costs. 56. Patrice Lumumba asked for the help of the United Nations in order to expel the white mercenaries and to achieve the reunification of his country, but he was foully m

endence and self-determination of the South Korean people and for the peaceful unification of Korea. 66. In the heart of Africa, the heroic people of Patrice Lumumba’s Congo are still being persecuted and murdered although their only crime is that they want to be free and independent. 67. For nearly eighty years,

ssination of Lumumba are today murdering thousands of Congolese, in the name of the defence of the white race. 95. How can we forget the way in which Patrice Lumumba's hopes in the United Nations were betrayed? How can we forget the machinations and manoeuvres that followed the occupation of the Congo by United Na

the United Nations and the appeals by the first Congolese Government led by our late compatriot and martyr in the struggle against world imperialism, Patrice Lumumba, of blessed memory. Since 1960, our troops have continued to render loyal service to the Congo. It must not be forgotten that Ghana suffered the heav

colonial Powers aimed at subverting the independence of the Congo and dismembering that country. Can it be that they want us to pay for the murder of Patrice Lumumba and hundreds of other patriots, for the tripartite aggression against Egypt and other similar crimes let no one entertain the belief that the Soviet

certain countries whose direct or indirect interference is known to all, and in spite of the obstinacy of the murderers of the great African patriot Patrice Lumumba and the late Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, the United Nations should spare no effort to restore to the Congo its place in the community of nat

ian Government is determined to make every contribution towards the reunification of the Congo, and pays tribute to the memory of that great patriot, Patrice Lumumba, for his courage and devotion to the African cause. 87. There is another major problem exercising our Assembly — that of racial discrimination. It is

the United Nations Charter. Of course, the unfortunate events of the Congo, which resulted in the murder of that great African nationalist, President Patrice Lumumba, caused us to adopt certain positions vis-a-vis the United Nations. My Government wished to indicate its disagreement with the way in which the resol

have been able to set up a new Central Government in the Congo which is the direct successor of the Central Government of the Congolese national hero Patrice Lumumba. But the imperialist Powers are continuing to interfere with and intrigue against the freedom, independence and territorial integrity of the Congo.

tuted and propped up by Parliament, is not yet strong enough to resist another neo-colonialist assault such as that which preceded the foul murder of Patrice Lumumba. 148. The Congo belongs exclusively to the Congolese and it is for them alone to solve their problems. The action of the United Nations has been too

neral Hammarskjold died a victim of the same colonialist and racist forces whose united front, organized and financed in broad daylight, assassinated Patrice Lumumba and his associates, and is now striving at all costs to prevent the inevitable decolonization of Central and East Africa.

onal sovereignty of the Congo—machination which cost the life of the distinguished fighter against colonialism, the hero of the Congolese people, Mr. Patrice Lumumba. 36. Impartial observers of the contemporary scene can give an unhesitating reply to the query; who is responsible for all these developments which e

ecisions are carried out. 34. These facts take on a particular urgency by reason of the death of the Secretary-General of the Organization, who, like Patrice Lumumba, was also a victim of the clash of selfish imperialist interests in the Congo. 35. In our opinion the problem deserves our full attention, and a refo

The great African patriot, Patrice Lumumba, fell in this struggle but the Congolese people's fight for its independence still goes on. 121. We are! now obliged to point out that the situation

time during the course of the last session, for the convening of Parliament and for the emergence of a Government that would have, after the death of Lumumba, some responsibility from Parliament, seems to have at last produced results. Today there is a government of unity and we are glad that countries of

now to deal briefly with one or two aspects of the position in Katanga. Ceylon was one of the nations which offered support to the Government of Mr. Lumumba. It was also one of the many nations to ask the United Nations to give effective support to the lawful Prime Minister's desire to restore law and ord

he United Nations energetically to co-operate for the re-establishment in the Congo of the Government legally elected by Parliament and headed by Mr. Patrice Lumumba. 168. Now let us take the case of the Republic of Cuba. The heroic and glorious people of Cuba overthrew the puppet dictatorial regime and took the r

he United Nations intervention can accordingly be justified only by the fact that it was requested by a responsible Government, the Government of Mr. Patrice Lumumba. How, then, can the object of this intervention be defined apart from the will of the Congolese Government on Congolese soil? Can we enter a man's ro

t. These troops paved the way for the treacherous acts of the puppets in Katanga, where forces were assembled and mobilized against the Government of Patrice Lumumba, which had been elected in accordance with all the rules of democratic procedure. 144.

estoring order". 43. In this document the Congolese Parliament requests that the United Nations should co-operate solely with the legal Government of Patrice Lumumba, the powers of which were confirmed twice by the Congolese Senate and the House of Representatives. 44. The document quoted by me is a serious charge

and legitimate Government is the one headed by Mr. Ileo Joseph. We therefore request you to deal only with the authentic Government and not with Mr. Lumumba, the ex-Prime Minister, and the other Ministers who have been dismissed and who, in trying to go on governing, are simply usurpers. On behalf of the

nly rely on its true meaning viewed objectively, on the evaluation of its effects. It not only failed to help the lawful Government of Prime Minister Lumumba, but, what is more, it was directed against him. 36.

n the mutiny occurred, large numbers of Belgians began to leave the country. The President of the Republic, Mr. Kasavubu, and the Prime Minister, Mr. Lumumba, went to Matadi in order to appeal to the Belgians to remain. But instead, they were all taken on board a ship on the advice of the Belgian Consul, w

epublic of the Congo to normal and to establish suitable conditions for the unhindered functioning of the Parliament elected by the people and of the Lumumba Government — the only lawful one. The first condition for the normalization of the situation in the Congo is, as the Congolese Government requests, t

use or the attempted use of the United Nations troops. What is certain is that an attempt was made to liquidate the Central Government and its chief, Lumumba, the only person in whom the. powers of the Republic were vested.

Many recent experiences have only strengthened the Hungarian Government's faith in the rightness of this attitude. 53. It was not long ago that Mr. Lumumba, Prime Minister of the lawful Government of the Congo, relying on the justice of the cause of his people, found it advisable to ask the United Nation

egation considers that the Secretary-General of the United Nations has displayed complete impartiality and I am pleased to stress that fact. 154. Mr. Lumumba’s dismissal was an independent act taken by the Congolese Chief of State under article 22 of the Fundamental Law.

ugh secessionists to violate the unity, territorial integrity, and independence of the Congo. At the time when President Kasa-Vubu and Prime Minister Lumumba addressed their joint appeal to the United Nations for help, the main problems which were facing the Congo were the withdrawal of Belgian troops and

s actions were given clear expression in the third resolution of the meeting of African Foreign Ministers in Leopoldville under the presidency of Mr. Lumumba. The United Nations should undertake this international obligation until the voice of the Congo, as a free and independent Member State of this Organ

reported by a magazine which is one of the monopolies’ most fervent supporters and as such could never be against the monopolies. It could not be pro-Lumumba because it is against him, and it is pro-Mobutu. Nevertheless, it explains who he is, how he sprang up, how he went to work, and finally in its lates

ich asked for United Nations aid, but against it. In effect, the organs of the United Nations made it impossible for the legitimate Government of Mr. Lumumba and the Congolese Parliament to act, supported various secessionist groups sold to colonizers, and thus in fact prepared the ground for paralysing th