Omar Bongo Quotes

• 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.

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• I’m not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!

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• I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.

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• Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.

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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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• 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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• Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.

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• 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.

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• Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.

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• 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.

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• But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability.

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• 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.

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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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Birth:	30th December, 1935
Death:	8th June, 2009
Nationality:	Gabonese
Profession:	-

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