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

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

If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained A….

We do not control the trade of our resources, which are an important factor of prosperity for the dominant nations..

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 ….

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….

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

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

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

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!.

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity..

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

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..

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, usuall….

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

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 g….

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

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

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

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….

In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world..