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“It is indeed true to say that although Mauritius has drawn its cultural inspiration from Africa, Asia and Europe, yet it has succeeded to a remarkable degree in evolving a distinct Mauritian way of life.”
Source: Address to the UN General Assembly on the admission of Mauritius, 1643rd plenary meeting, 24 April 1968 (A/PV.1643, para. 99)
Context Six weeks after independence, addressing the General Assembly that had just admitted Mauritius as a Member State, he described the plural island he had just been asked to govern.
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