Address on the Twenty-third Anniversary of the United Nations Organization on Oct. 1, 1968
Whereas, we shall have this day to celebrate in tandem with the global celebration of the twenty-third anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Organization, as it used to be celebrated in Ethiopia annually. Considering that the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization has resolved for celebration of the period between January 1968 to December 1968, under an international annual theme of Human Rights International Year; and our government has as well issued an order to this effect; and we hereby celebrate such a double holiday on this day of the United Nations Organization. The objective of the United Nations Organization and the functions, as it is declared in time, is to protect world peace, and engage towards improvement of the livelihood of all mankind, and thereby reinforcing the organization. On such double themed holiday, We would like to inform particularly Our people about human rights. We observe from studying the history of mankind th