François Mitterrand

nian SSR in prepared to take an active part in attaining the objectives of the United Nations Decade of International Law, for, as President François Mitterrand stated from this rostrum, "indeed the time has come for the rule of international law.' For us, affirming the supremacy of international law goes han

of-mission report in French West Africa. Dakar. 13 July 1950. Senegal archives, reference 4D68 (89). see annex 5. Then, on 17 November 1986. Francois Mitterrand, the French President at the time, in response to Captain Thomas Sankara, said: “Africa has been plundered. I spoke of raw materials. I should have s

French and Comorian authorities, who must understand that it is time to find a solution to the unpleasant dispute, in the words of the late President Mitterrand, as the ties and interests that unite us make it incumbent upon us to preserve the best interests of our two peoples and of present and future Comori

n partners, which has lasted far too long for two countries that should be united by many factors, as confirmed by the late French President François Mitterrand. On that question, as on the others that are the subject of our debate here, our responsibility is to provide answers, because in the Indian Ocean, A

shadows and if, with one voice, we could set up the machinery that would make peace triumph forever, and could understand — in the words of François Mitterrand, former President of the French Republic and therefore former Co-Prince of Andorra — that “awareness of injustice is not enough to combat injustice”.

to reconsider its decision. It is not too late to turn the clock back. In recent years, thanks to the moratorium on testing put in place by President Mitterrand, France has enjoyed cordial relations in the Pacific region, but all that good will and the warmth of those relationships are now being rapidly compr

ts. I should like to express my deepest gratitude to the following eminent personalities, their Excellencies President Suharto and President François Mitterrand, Mr. Roland Dumas, Mr. Ali Alatas, Mr. Gareth Evans and Mr. Ahmed Rafeeuddin for their tireless contributions to the success of this precious peace p

ding role as the main body where consensus can be forged on security and disarmament problems. We welcome the recent initiative of President Francois Mitterrand in unilaterally decreeing a one-year moratorium on nuclear tests by his country. We also welcome the statement made on 2 July 1992 by President Georg

Government to convene once again in 1993 a summit conference on the development of Africa, as well as the French proposal, made by President Francois Mitterrand, to convene a high-level meeting on social development.

pe then that in the wake of the dramatic announcements made by President Gorbachev, the leader of the then-Soviet Union, President Bush and President Mitterrand the disarmament race would be confirmed. It is with deep satisfaction that my country notes the tremendous progress achieved over the past year in th

However, we must, of course, go further. In the General Assembly last year President Francois Mitterrand Introduced the idea of an international plan of assistance to the developing world, financed by new resources, a plan designed to bring together for

I should also like to recall the fillip given to the process of disarmament by President Mitterrand last June, when he rightly stressed in his plan for global disarmament the need for new thinking regarding the nuclear-weapons board in response to t

herever they are violated. Following a policy of double standards in similar situations can only mean the death of international law, as Mr. Francois Mitterrand, President of the French Republic, said here last year. I have outlined a challenge that must be accepted, because it is the only way to restore peac

ed, these two processes make President Gorbachev's inspired vision of the Common European House, or the European confederation envisaged by President Mitterrand, a reality. We all express the hope that the path of democratisation that the countries of Eastern Europe have embarked on will not be undermined by

e of the Conference, though falling short of expectations, was in many ways a success. Here I must commend the very positive role played by President Mitterrand and his great country, France. On the critical issues of increased resource flows, external debt, market access for least-developed-country (LDC) pro

nd Latin America in their human aspirations. Their demand, if self-articulated, would be irrevocable freedom and peace. Last week. President François Mitterrand spoke to this Assembly on guarantees for "the democratic expression of the Kuwaiti people's will". Why, indeed, should the rhetoric of national respo

nd adheres to the primacy of the rule of law in inter-State relations. It is with deep satisfaction that I have listened to the words of Mr. Francois Mitterrand, President of the French Republic, on the rule of law in the international community. I subscribe to those words. The United Nations Decade of Intern

y, rather than in contradiction with, positive developments in our world. In this context, we view the proposals of His Excellency President François Mitterrand of France, made in his speech from this podium two days ago, and the Soviet proposal to hold a conference for peace in the area as ideas which deserv

evelopment on a grand scale. Here we wish to record our deep satisfaction at the timely and generous decision taken by the French President, François Mitterrand, during the Conference on the Least Developed Countries, held recently in Paris, to cancel the entire outstanding public debt of all the least develo

nian question and the problems of Lebanon, have also to be addressed. The proposals made here in New York last Monday by the President of France, Mr. Mitterrand, go along the same lines as those that Belgium has been advocating. Moreover, Belgium attaches the greatest importance to the most intensive possible

e United Nations exists to provide a forum for international opinion against plunder to be asserted. I support the proposal, put forward by President Mitterrand of the Republic of France, that an international conference be called to attempt to settle the outstanding issues of the Middle East. I wish to state

scarce supply and high oil prices. In this respect, allow me to express my satisfaction at the proposal made by the President of France, Mr. Francois Mitterrand, to begin "discussion of a comprehensive plan for assistance to the developing world, a plan that would be fed by new resources and that would lay th

intervention of our traditional assistance providers being thus extended. I should like to take this opportunity to praise the far-sightedness of Mr. Mitterrand, President of the French Republic, and the bold initiatives he is taking to promote development and to bring about the establishment of a fairer and

region. To that sad, we must adopt and develop all available positive initiatives, among which is that made by the President of France, Mr. François Mitterrand. It was an auspicious coincidence that Yemen should contribute to the transition towards a new international order at an important juncture of its hi

icular I wish to says we shall never forget the airlift to Berlin. On the eve of German unification we convey our thanks to President Bush, President Mitterrand and Prime Minister Thatcher for their support, their statesmanly far-sightedness and their understanding of our nation's longing for unity. We thank

Congress of the United States and members of both Western European and American human rights movements, writers and politicians, people like Francois Mitterrand, Olof Palme and Andrei Sakharov, all of whom have supported us through personal contacts. I am naming but a few of those who have always known that t

and lasting solution to the so-called problem of Kampuchea. To all the ASEAN countries and their Heads of State, to France and to President Francois Mitterrand, who have done so much and continue to exert such noble efforts in contributing to the rescue of Cambodia and its people, the Cambodian National Resi

Today it is our pleasure to welcome the decision, announced in Dakar by President Mitterrand at the third summit meeting of French-speaking African countries, to cancel as of 1 January 1990 all debts with respect to development aid in the cas

Furthermore, my country notes with interest the American initiative - the so-called Brady Plan - and the announcement, by President François Mitterrand in Dakar, of the intention to write off the public debt of 35 African countries. Even though Gabon aid other medium-income countries have not benefit

y planned systems. The market economy, however imperfect, appears to be better suited to bringing about the third industrial revolution. As President Mitterrand recently stated, it is no coincidence that the countries with a democratic, pluralistic political system and a market economy based on free competiti

ies. In this context, ray country supports the recent additional proposals made by His Highness Arair Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait, by President François Mitterrand and by Prime Minister Takeshita, aimed at alleviating the public and commercial debt burden.

and will remain the European Community oriented towards openness and co-operation. We know that Europe is more than the European Community. President Mitterrand put this most impressively in his historic speech in Aachen in 1987. As a result of increasing co-operation, of genuine détente and of disarmament, t

th Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). We listened with special interest to the valuable proposals along those same lines made by President François Mitterrand. These strengthen our conviction that intense dialogue will continue. At the same time we must seek the development of the non-military factors of se

of all free men. I must also express our concern at the difficulties currently being experienced by Lebanon. As the President of France, Mr. François Mitterrand, so eloquently put it, a peaceful and reconciled Lebanon is a threat to no one. A Lebanon torn apart by violence will continue to be an aura of insec

he Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, and the French plan announced by President François Mitterrand. I propose that with this mandate the commission develop standards under which debtor countries nay qualify for debt relief or debt forgiveness; form

if they take us all closer to that goal with no further loss of time. In this respect, we welcome the new proposals put forward by President Francois Mitterrand. A chemical-weapon-free zone in Europe should be helpful in this context. I wish to recall here the offer made to the Federal Republic of Germany by

no pleasure in disputes with France. But France insists on provoking dispute through its testing policy and activities in the region, which President Mitterrand himself has admitted are an absurd crime and sabotage. This makes us all the more bitter to be told by France that it will not conduct these so-calle

r effort will remain exclusively on the level of defensive deterrents. Last year, at the thirty eighth session, speaking from this rostrum, President Mitterrand outlined our position on the various discussions on this subject, namely, the strategic arms reduction talks and the negotiations on intermediate ran

r rich one is and perhaps because one is rich, one should not be exonerated of his duties of solidarity and assistance. In this connection, President Mitterrand's statement here at the Assembly's thirty-eighth session can from certain points of view be considered as a hymn to solidarity with and assistance to

mbly is taking place in the midst of an unprecedented crisis which particularly afflicts the developing countries. It is a crisis which, as President Mitterrand has said, widens the gap between the rich, who are increasingly rich in spite of the crisis, and the poor, who are increasingly impoverished because

longer by insisting that the British and French systems be included. 48. The Soviet Union should take careful note of what has been said by President Mitterrand and the British Foreign Secretary and also the Chinese Foreign Minister about taking into account and limiting strategic systems in terms of arms con

veral meetings at the highest level have taken place between the two countries, par¬ticularly between the President of the French Repub¬lic, Francois Mitterrand, and the President of the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros, Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane. During those meetings, which were frank and friendl

lution adopted at the Versailles Economic Summit by the seven most highly industrialized countries, which were meeting on the invitation of President Mitterrand. 139. If we are to succeed in this, we must reaffirm our solidarity and use all the resources available to us.

attain the United Nations aid target of 0.7 per cent of its gross national product, excluding the French overseas departments, before the end of Mr. Mitterrand's seven-year term. This in fact commits us to doubling in real terms our aid to the developing countries. France's effort will, starting in 1982, giv