Leopold Senghor

equal dignity of peoples, cultures and civilizations. On 31 October 1961. one year after our country gained its independence. President Leopold Sedar Senghor expressed that vision here in these words: “[N]o one particular civilization ... could be imposed without the bulk of mankind rising up against it” (

humanity. If humankind embraces the “civilization of the universal” advocated by my illustrious compatriot, the late President and poet Léopold Sédar Senghor, man will no longer be a wolf to man, as Hobbes said. Instead, as the saying in our country goes, man will become a remedy to man. We owe that to our

illiams, Sir Arthur Lewis and Walter Rodney have all worked assiduously at the side of African leaders like Nkrumah, Nyerere, Sékou Touré and Léopold Senghor in order to realize the ultimate dream of a united Africa liberated from the bondage of poverty, disease and exploitation. This noble tradition must

go and to have faith in the generosity which is one of the main characteristics of the African people and which prompted the great poet Leopold Sedar Senghor to say: "Those peoples of fire, when they have freed their hands, have inscribed fraternity on the first page of their history". 239.

ialism, we believe that the time has come for the birth of the new world cultural order proclaimed by the African prophet of Negritude, Leopold Sedar Senghor, a spiritual adventure in which members are warmly invited to join us. 14. The time is now, because the polarization of the world into two menacing a

w to becoming an organ that commands the confidence of the nations and peoples of the world. Here my country agrees with the suggestions of President Senghor and of President Shagari that the Council be enlarged to make it more representative. 30. At the same time, there might be a similar review of the Ge

lution to the question of Namibia. In this respect, the independence of Zimbabwe is once again of very particular importance. President Leopold Sedar Senghor said of this: "This independence proved to the international community that the African peoples were rebelling against bondage. It showed that the la

Mr. President, I should like first of all, on behalf of my Government, the people of the Republic of Senegal and His Excellency Mr. Leopold Sedar Senghor, to express to you our most heartfelt congratulations on the occasion of your brilliant election to the presidency of this thirty-fourth session of t

itures. 180. If a tax of that magnitude were to be collected by the Organization and devoted to development, as proposed so wisely by President Sedor Senghor of Senegal, important progress could be made in achieving a new balance in international economic relations, instead of continuing to sink such colos

to divert part of the resources wasted on armaments to the economic and social development of our countries. 216. That is why President Leopold Sedar Senghor, our head of State, made before this Assembly certain concrete proposals, which I shall briefly recapitulate: .. after an in-depth but rapid study, t

ntinent to solve its problems without foreign interference or pressure. The African wisdom which characterized the efforts of African leaders such as Senghor, Houphoufit-Boigny, Sekou Toure and Tolbert was a demonstration of the effectiveness and authenticity of the African approach to solving the problems

l exist with the same acuteness. We shall mention but a few. 39. In the field of commodities the deterioration in the terms of trade, which President Senghor has rightly called "the new black slavery", still exists. Resolution 93 (VI) of UNCTAD5 concerning the Integrated Programme that was conceived to sol

d the international community of the aggravation of the crisis in that part of the world. The President of the Republic of Senegal, Mr. Leopold Sedar Senghor, in his opening address on 5 January 1976 at the Dakar International Conference on Namibia and Human Rights, declared, inter alia: "The time has come

ial integrity of the Comoros. 244. Because of Senegal's discreet mediation through the intermediary of its prestigious chief, President Leopold Sedar Senghor, two French missions went to the Comoros, one in December 1976, and the other in January 1977. Those two meetings held with the chief of the Comorian

n the initiative of the President of France. The position of my country on this North-South dialog was very well expressed by President Leopold Sedar Senghor, who said in this regard: "The developed countries tend to separate energy, raw materials and development. Now, in my view, all of these things are v

ess of French-speaking peoples has just been celebrated, under the chairmanship of one of the most eminent scholars of the French language, President Senghor of Senegal. My delegation is firmly convinced that as a result of his broad experience of international questions, his outstanding competence, his pr

he one who gave his life for the liberation of his people, Amilcar Cabral. 101. I would also wish to pay a special tribute to President Leopold Sedar Senghor of Senegal, who made discreet use of dialog so much maligned to complete the freedom fight, thus confirming the virtues of dialog. 102. The new Portu

anizations the food shortage which was going to result from the drought. On 9 October the President of the Republic, His Excellency Mr. Leopold Sedar Senghor, called the attention of the World Bank to the deterioration of climatic conditions in the Sahelian zone. 160. I might also point out that the strugg

course towards a constructive peace, since it would be freely consented to. Without further delay the United Nations must echo the words of President Senghor, who stated recently: "It is time for weapons to be silent in VietNam as well as in the Middle East so that a just and durable peace may come, based

by the mission of Ambassador Jarring, or the initiatives of Secretary of State Rogers, or the conciliatory measures taken by four Heads of State, Mr. Senghor, Mr. Ahidjo, Mr. Mobutu and Mr. Gowon, as ^quested by the Organization of African Unity-all of them should lead to a negotiation among the parties. S

Africa responded. I wish here to pay tribute to its decision. To the four Heads of State who will make contact with the parties concerned Presidents Senghor, Ahidjo, Mobutu and Gowan France offers its warmest wishes. 70. However, the fears and the hopes of the international community as well as the latter

e implementation of the resolution adopted by the OAU Assembly. We shall co-operate with the committee of our African Heads of State led by President Senghor with a view to ensuring the success of its mission and in order to carry out the collective will of Africa's Heads of State. In deference to this eff

o parties concerned to overcome their divergences. We believe that, in this regard, the mission of the Organization of African Unity, with Presidents Senghor, Ahidjo, Mobutu and Gowon, which will shortly go to Israel and Egypt, may be of great usefulness in the quest for a solution to this grave crisis, an

by Portuguese troops. 152. However, despite all those infringements of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Senegal, President Leopold Sedar Senghor did not hesitate to propose publicly a peace plan to Portugal in order to put an end to a situation which is destroying Guinea (Bissau) and whose app

e final communique added the principle of encouraging mutual interests and co-operation to the great principles of peaceful coexistence. As President Leopold Senghor said, Bandung meant a world-wide awareness of the dignity of man and the end of the inferiority complex of the peoples of the third world, who are da

tion of a racial concept based on some notion of superiority. Quite the contrary; I have only to quote the inspired organizer of the festival, Mr. L. Senghor, President of the Republic of Senegal, who stated in his opening address; "We feel deeply honoured to welcome here, at this First World Festival of N

I borrow it from the eminent African Head of State Mr. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the President of the Republic of Senegal, who said in substance that all the peoples of the earth together play a vast symphony. The industrialized

ll resolutely set aside any notion of protectionism. In this connexion, I should like to quote the words spoken on 25 March 1962 by Mr. Léopold Sédar Senghor, then President of the African and Malagasy Union: "That aid should be jointly discussed and organized within the framework of, customs unions and "O

More important than a narrow nationalism is Africanism, which the distinguished philosopher and poet who guides the destiny of Senegal, Leopold Sédar Senghor, has called a return to the sources of Negro being, "nigritude". Accordingly, developments in Rhodesia, the Congo or Angola concern every African Sta