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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. "
Consequences
World
Drama
" But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished. "
People
United Nations
End
" But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability. "
Africa
Peace
Independence
" But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries. "
Partnership
Respect
Democracy
" Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own. "
Development
Own
Trade
" Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror. "
Forget
Paid
Starting
" Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results. "
Results
Sanctions
Economic
" 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. "
Respect
Rise
Focus
" 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. "
End
Participation
War
" Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it. "
End
Globalization
Power
" I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet. "
I Am
Internet
Communication
" If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans. "
Soviet
Union
Fight
" I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize! "
Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
Aiming
" In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world. "
Other
World
Democracy
" Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers. "
Free
Information
Internet
" In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity. "
Duty
Short
Solidarity
" 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. "
Poverty
Wish
Political
" Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature. "
Political
Economic
Nature
" It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks. "
Africa
Victim
Stress
" It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam. "
Right
Islam
Fight
" 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. "
Will
New
Place
" My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions. "
Same
Personal
Peace
" The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states. "
Fight
End
Against
" The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States. "
Us
Encourage
Birth
" The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations. "
Free
Influence
Happiness
" The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results. "
Bad
Results
Political
" The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice. "
Justice
Principle
Responsibility
" Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of themselves, and, to a larger extent, in the name of stability of international relations. "
Name
Understand
Country
" There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking. "
Idea
One-Sided
Democracy
" The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries. "
More
Rich
Than
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