"Is it fair and just that 600 million people, a third of the world's population, are simply not among us?"

In 1960, then Crown Prince of Morocco, who later became King Hassan II, stood before the United Nations and made this exact challenge.

He called on member states to admit the People's Republic of China, saying that including 600 million more people would boost global cooperation more than excluding them ever could.

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