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1992-09-24
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1993-09-24
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  1. “In keeping with the conclusions of the work of the joint commission, the Government has set up a security plan the results of which can already be seen in the field. Thanks to this consensus, political violence, which until recently was rampant in my country, is now being stemmed throughout Togo. All political parties will have access, without restriction and with complete security, to all parts of Togo during their political campaigns. Management by consensus in this short period of our political life is without any doubt the driving force behind political detente in Togo and a guarantee of the reliability and transparency of the coming elections. Finally, the major protagonists of our political life have agreed to the principle of mutual guarantees, whose importance is clear to all.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  2. “This is a guarantee for the acceptance of ballot results by all parties. It is appropriate to reiterate to our friendly countries and to the United Nations, as well as to the entire international community, the profound gratitude of the Government and the people of Togo for the invaluable support they have given to our democratic process. We sincerely hope that this assistance will be continued throughout the coming elections. It is undeniable that the struggle to establish a State of law in Togo is a job that falls essentially to the people of Togo themselves, and that they bear the primary responsibility for fashioning their democracy, according to the means they have and in keeping with their culture and their national spirit. With courage and determination, we will strive to meet the challenge in union and mutual acceptance.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  3. “Very revealing indeed of the resolve of the people of Togo to overcome its contradictions in order to promote democratic renewal, this vote of approval, cast in a particularly difficult context, sufficiently demonstrates "that in Togo, whatever might be said, we can still say no in full freedom and without any fear of a proposal from the executive power". We take this opportunity to inform this Assembly that the draft constitution of the Fourth Republic, submitted to referendum on Sunday 27 September 1992, was adopted by 99.09 per cent. The referendum met with great enthusiasm and almost unanimous support, with a participation rate of nearly 75 per cent. The Government will not fail to learn the lesson from this first vote to correct the mistakes revealed in the first referendum.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  4. “Accordingly we can only express satisfaction that the two senior officials of the executive branch, the President and the Prime Minister, have solemnly proclaimed their determination to continue to its end the democratic process that is under way and to devote all their energy to organizing referenda set by the electoral timetable. It is at this stage in our apprenticeship of democracy that the new Government of National Union of Transition, formed by the Prime Minister together with the Head of State and after consultations with the large political families, was approved on 14 September by a majority of 60 per cent by the High Council of the Republic and following a secret ballot.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  5. “This recent adaptation of the workings of this transitional Government meets the needs of our march forward, both by ensuring proper application of the constitution for this transitional period, so that no organ be unjustly deprived of its constitutional prerogatives, and by involving in the democratic process all national political leaders to rally consensus around the values underpinning our democratic renewal. These bodies have sufficient power to lead the country to this irreversible democratic peace process, but they do not have enough power to block our march to democracy.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  6. “We must state that one year after the establishment of these transitional institutions the Government has faced enormous difficulties, and that tremendous efforts must be made before we attain our goals. The recent adjustment of the machinery of the institutions of this transition, proposed following the consultation meeting between the various protagonists of political life and endorsed by the Government and the legislature, the High Council of the Republic, overwhelmingly demonstrate the desire of the people of Togo to do everything possible to achieve peace and security, a State of law that they all sincerely want to see, by establishing new institutions through free and dependable democratic elections. The latest of these, the Presidential elections, are to end on 20 December of this year.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  7. “The subsequent adoption of laws relating to the liberalization of the press, political pluralism and general amnesty, along with the development of a draft constitution to establish a multipartite regime, shows that already in the middle of 1991 the Government and the people of Togo truly desired to move on, without undue haste, to a higher stage in the process of democratizing our institutions. The tremendous speed of this movement that was started in the late 1980s culminated with the National Sovereign Conference of the living forces of the nation, which led to the transitional Government which was to lead Togo to elections and establish democracy.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  8. “Among these are the people of Togo, which for 13 years has been persevering in the effort to adapt the structures and the basic choices governing its socio-political context to meet the needs of our time and changing attitudes. Having broken with the previous regime and gained a constitution in 1979, our country resolutely committed itself to implementing measures of liberalization, detente and progressive democratization of our political life. These measures inter alia made it possible to hold free elections under the second and third legislatures and during municipal and prefectoral referenda of 1987, at the same time as they strengthened protection of human rights, particularly by setting up an independent commission.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  9. “Since the end of the last session, many events have marked the world. Efforts have been stepped up to build a new world order which must before all else be liberal, because it is based on the absolute need to respect human rights, which is a fundamental requirement for the establishment of relations of trust, peace and solidarity among peoples of our planet. The turmoil we have witnessed throughout the world, particularly in Europe, Asia and Africa in recent years, reflects the resolve of peoples to gain new freedom within which man can become the unchallenged artisan of his Government's destiny. Throughout the world, peoples are seeking freedom, peace and justice that only proper multipartite democracy can guarantee.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  10. “Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for the dynamic work that he has undertaken since his election to the head of our Organization. The serious-mindedness and pragmatism he has demonstrated since taking office in January of this year lead us to believe that the United Nations will be able to make an even greater contribution to the maintenance of peace throughout the world and the promotion of solidarity among nations. In recent months, the family of the United Nations has grown with the addition of new Members. We wish to bid them welcome and to say how proud and happy the international community is to welcome them to our midst, with the hope that in keeping with the statements they made upon admission to membership they will espouse the San Francisco Charter in its entirety and will comply with its fundamental principles.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  11. “Ganev, who possesses such great intellectual qualities and experience, is for his country the true embodiment of the ideals of peace and justice that it constantly advocates. We will be available at all times to work with him to ensure the success of his daunting mission. The delegation of Togo wishes to pay well-deserved tribute to his predecessor, Mr. Shihabi, for his outstanding performance in conducting the work of the forty-sixth session. His dynamism, his high standards of excellence and his zeal for punctuality compelled our admiration and accounted for the great success of our deliberations. I reiterate our sincere congratulations to him. We take this occasion to salute the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  12. “The euphoria and enthusiasm that greeted, no so long ago, the disappearance of ideological East-West confrontation and the progressive expansion of freedom and democracy are today giving way to general discouragement because of the obstacles to the natural aspirations of peoples to freedom and legitimate well-being. The forty-seventh session of the General Assembly has begun at a particularly difficult time in the history of humankind, which means that Mr. Ganev has assumed the presidency of the Assembly in a context of disquiet, but also one that is hopeful, because in all likelihood only our Organization can help the world to meet these challenges. On behalf of the delegation of Togo, we wish to convey to Mr. Ganev heartfelt congratulations on his election to the presidency of this session. The selection of Mr.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)