01/08/2021
History: The True Amin Speech That Shocked The World.
Picture: President Amin about to take the floor and address world leaders at the UN General assembly, New York on October 1st 1975.
There is a comedy about a speech by Idi Amin to the Queen of England. While the humour is funny, here is the real speech that they are trying to erase from history by mocking him.
On October 1st 1975 in New York, and for the first time ever in UN history, the pan-Africanist president deliberately chose to make a daring speech to world leaders in an African language: the Luganda dialect.
Time magazine rated it amongst the Top 10 U.N. General-Assembly most memorable moments of all time. Not for the choice of language, but for the daring content and the way it helped change the course of global relations particularly with Africa.
After the summit, many of the continents leaders left New York emboldened by Amin's fierce speech.
On the heinous accusations by international NGO Amnesty International that his government killed 500,000 people, President Idi Amin responded sparklingly before the entire international community saying: "The human rights NGO Amnesty International has not even taken the trouble to investigate. Not even did they send a team to Uganda to verify thes empty allegations. Amnesty International has therefore simply lent itself as a tool for baseless political propaganda, and the global demonization smear campaign that has been senselessly perpetrated against me by the racist, colonialist and imperialist powers which fund Amnesty International's existence."
It must be noted that others who have since researched this matter have actually found nothing, and Amnesty International itself has relentlessly refused to respond to any requests for information over the last four decades, including refusing to answer requests for a simple tally of incidents that might show how they came to their disturbing accusations, thereby refusing to tell the world how they could possibly come up with their conclusions without any evidence-based investigation, nor any independent team on the ground. It is therefore feasible for one to conclude that these were allegations completely unfounded and concocted from thin air against a strong and independentent African leader fighting to liberate Africa from colonialism and exploitation, and trying to ensure that the economic prosperity of the continent is enjoyed by its peoples.
As Chairman of the OAU (the African Union these days), President Amin also spoke on behalf of the entire continent at the United Nations.
On that day he announced a tough African stand against Zionism which was officially classified by the UN as racism. Egypt being a founding member of the African Union, the taking of the Sinai peninsula by Israel two years earlier was considered as stealing African land. A matter that rallied almost all African countries to defend every inch of the continent.
In his speech, Amin condemned neo-colonialism interference in Africa, discrimination against black people in the US, and denounced the Western imperialist agenda that was exploiting the continent, its people, and its resources.
President Amin then re-asserted an African Union resolution made three months earlier, to free South Africa from Apartheid and liberate the whole of Africa from colonialism using a common African military force if no progress is made in the clogged negotiations.
Following that declaration, the colonialists succumbed to the extreme political pressure from a united Africa. Literally six African nations then gained their independence that year thanks to Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada. The countries included Angola, Comoro Islands, Mozambique, Sao Tome & Principe, Cap Verde, and Djibouti.
While referring to the death of Pan-African hero Patrice Lumumba, President Idi Amin called the CIA a Zionist infiltrated "murder squad".
An agency that was "killing anyone who resisted US expansionism in Africa".
Amin was dedicated to the cause of African liberation, and is one of the few Africans who ever remembered to recognize Russia and China's great contribution in helping African liberation struggles achieve freedom.
He said: "I express Africa's appreciation to the countries that have assisted African liberation movements in our struggle for freedom from colonialism. I wish to mention Russia and China for their generous assistance both moral and material, to the people of Africa fighting to free themselves from the bo***ge of heinous imperialism, brutal racism and cruel Apartheid. We cannot accept the lame excuse used by some former colonial powers that Africa is not ready for total independence and economic self-determination. No human being can choose to be a slave."
It must be said that President Idi Amin had made great strides to empower women in Uganda. In fact the country was almost the only one in Africa to mark 1975 as the International year of women. In his historic UN speech he made an emphatic proclamation to the international community to support women emancipation around the world saying: "In Uganda, I have guaranteed that both sexes have equal opportunities and responsibilities to help them develop their particular talents and capabilities in the service of Uganda and the international community. Like their male counterparts, Ugandan women now have all the opportunities to make maximum contribution in every field, and are playing their role fully and effectively at all levels of decision-making, planning and implementation of all policies, programmes and projects. Women in Uganda have been fully integrated. They receive their full share of the benefits of development, and there are Ugandan women at all levels of administration, including at the top: Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Professors, Ambassadors, Doctors, Lawyers, Judges, Engineers, Pilots, Business women, and women in all areas of our total endeavour. The international Community has committed itself to intensify action in promoting equal rights of men and women to ensure the full integration of women in the development effort, and to involve women in international cooperation plus in the strengthening of world peace through the proclamation of this year 1975 as the International Women's year under UN resolution 30/0/XXVII. I am glad to say that as far as Uganda is concerned, under my government we have already guaranteed, both in principle and in practice, full equality between men and women."
The following day the U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and the President of the General Assembly gave a public dinner in Amin's honor. A well attended event by world diplomats. This angered Western powers, particularly racist Britain which fully protected the Apartheid regime in South Africa at the time.
In a commentary complaining about the UN, reknown tele-evangelist Pat Robertson from the 700 Club wrote: "The UN General assembly had given Amin a standing ovation when he arrived, applauded him throughout the speech, and again rose to its feet when he left."
Written by Mr. Hussein Lumumba Amin
Kampala Uganda.
Saturday, October 2nd 2021.
The original New York Times article about the speech they don't want you to know about: nytimes.com/1975/10/02/archives/amin-at-un-appeals-to-americans-to-rid-their-society-of-zonists.html
