Unitcd Nations, N.Y., July 29- F'o]lowing is a partial text of the sintement on Fortagnese territorics nau Tride, July 26 by Anbassedor Adlai Stevenscn, U.s. Reprusuntatie, in th .i. Security Council:
oe. Stalemtes are of sourse a dangerons ccnditicn in human affairs.
They are the potder kogs of hist.oiy and unless thoy ru resolved they may exmlorle nt nny time into violence with inpredictable conscquences for the peace of the worla. Change vill ccme in the Portugucse colcnies; the present bemporary stalenate of forces will be broken onc way or another in the not, too disteus future.
Tie pace of' decolonization in the lest 18 yenrs has been phenomenal.
When Worla Wer II cnded there were just cver 50 independent nations in the world. Todey less than a generation later -- herdly 2 percent of tho worli's poprlation still live in depcndent territories. Mcre independent neticns hare been created in that period than cxisted in al] the worla at the close of World War II. Here is a racord to setisfy the most impatisnt of us, No one: cen conplaii that cherc nes noi been action and progress--indeed ection and prcgress fnr h.yord whai the icst optimistic coud have expected in 1945.
Most of this erent cchiev:ment, was accomplished with very little
or no bloodshed. This, I think is olsc scmthing which 21l of us, liberated and liberators alike, prticularly we the members of this grett peacckecping organizntion can bo proud. We havo achieved frcedcm and we hnve kept the peace, and wo heve meny ncmbers of this Orgenivaticn, both liberotcd and libcratcrs, to than!.
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