Omar Bongo Quotes

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Omar Bongo

Profession : Statesman

Birth : December 30, 1935

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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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.

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Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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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The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.

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It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.

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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.

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It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks.

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

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Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.

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

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