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 BongoThe birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
Omar BongoIn 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 BongoIn brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
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