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I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Nobel
Nobel Peace Prize
Prize
Aiming
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Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Achieve
Economic Sanctions
Results
Sanctions
Desired
Rarely
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Democracy
Ideas
One Sided
Thinking
Produced
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In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Country
Duty
Solidarity
African
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Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Information
Internet
Newspapers
Internet Free Information
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The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Introduction
Pluralism
Political
Results
Led
Quickly
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It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Important
September
September 11
Stress
Victim
Africa
Attacks
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The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Resources
Rich Countries
Attract
Continent
Countries
Interests
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Encouragement
African Union
Birth
Unions
African
Union
Relations
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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Democracy
Gdp
Models
Political
Regions
Western
Brief
Democracy Political World
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Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Accounts
Development
Trade
World
World Trade
Africa
Assure
We Cannot
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But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Independence
Country
Stability
Africa
Central
Countries
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The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Justice
Principles
Responsibility
Sanctions
Western
Collective
Concept
Incompatible
Principle
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Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Contrary
Diplomacy
Ends
Globalization
States
Intensified
On The Contrary
Putting
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We do not control the trade of our resources, which are an important factor of prosperity for the dominant nations.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Important
Prosperity
Resources
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It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Crusades
Fighting
Imaginary
International
Islam
Terrorist
Associate
Networks
Crusade
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Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Economic
Ideological
Objectives
Political
Today
Political Nature
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Communication
Access
Complete Freedom
Favors
Particular
Tools
Complete
Favor
Free Access
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The most powerful State in the world, which up to now was relatively protected from terrorist violence, is no longer an inviolable sanctuary.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Powerful
Sanctuary
World
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Algeria
Country
Egypt
Islamic
Paid
Terror
Arab
Arab Countries
Heaviest
Toll
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Burden
Country
Drama
Economic Recession
Bear
World Will Country
Recession
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Happiness
Economy
Free Market
Humanity
Influence
Market Economy
Nations
Path
Promoting
Wealth
Free
Leading
Market
Supposed
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Men
Blind
Decisiveness
Obscure
Ready
Sacrifice
World
Life Man World
Life Sacrifice Man
Cause
Exists
Weapon
Unavoidable
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Commodity
Groups
Human Rights
Rights
Rise To Power
Struggle
Ten
Rise
Aiming
Ten Years
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Country
Democracy
Links
Partnership
Poorest
Western
Consider
Countries
Towards
Link
Obligations
Western Countries
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Confrontation
Direct
Fighting
Hands
Military
Soviet
Soviet Union
African
Armed
Experienced
Union
Trained
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Country
Disparity
Events
Misery
Poor Countries
Reflection
September
September 11
Shock
South
Thorough
Caused
Countries
Existing
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Courage
Efficient
African
Assure
Discussions
Institution
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Abandoned
Dependence
Economic
Giving
Models
Nations
Political
Poverty
Spite
Wish
Impose
Neither
Nor
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Europe
Important
Millions
Nations
People
Sanctions
United Nations
Directly
Generally
Impose
Millions Of People
Observe
Punished
Regime
Supposed
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When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Access
Country
Generosity
Health Care
Human Rights
People
Principles
Promoting
Rights
Solidarity
Education Health Care
Education Health People
Countries
Demonstrate
Favor
Implement
North
Respecting
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
African Union
Aids
Contagious
Devastation
Fighting
Order
Sustainable Development
Caused
African
Armed
Conflicts
Sustainable
Diseases
Member
Union
Promote
Undermine
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
War
Block
Cold
Cold War
Movement
Participation
Spite
States
Two
African
Time War Cold War
Align
Blocks
Chose
War Time End
Considerable
Number
In Fact
Major
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Country
Fighting
International
International Relations
Names
Sake
Stability
Terrorism
Extent
Relations
Therefore
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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.
Omar Bongo / Gabonese Politician
Ambition
Brother
Calculations
Country
Driven
Mediation
Missions
Actions
Brothers
Carried
Conflicts
Motives
Occurred
Personal Ambitions
Promote
Ulterior
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