Blessed Love Idren
-By working together as neighbors, by making use of the resources which can be brought to bear through programs of national development, of mutual help and of international assistance, we may face the future with confidence, secure in the knowledge that we can render a good account for our days and for our labors. It is not sufficient to pay only lip service to the cause of our co-operation and unity. We must devise means of effective co-operation which will enable us to mobilize our resources and strengthen the basis for the limited industries which we possess and thereby ensure our progress and, ultimately, attain well being and self-sufficiency for all. Without education, we cannot hope to possess the technicians and experts essential to the development of our economies or the doctors and nurses who will safeguard the health of our people, nor can we achieve the other conditions upon which our security and prosperity depend.
We shall follow with the greatest interest the deliberations of this conference, and we pray that we may enjoy the guidance and the blessing of the Almighty as we apply ourselves to the tasks that now confront us.-
HIM Haile Selassie I, February 17th, 1960
Selah
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