Chapter 1

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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