"For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power."

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"For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power."

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"The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States."

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"Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences."

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"The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results."

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"The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause."

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"It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions."

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"Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers."

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"The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice."

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"In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models."

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"From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks."

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