UN General Assembly
1974

85. It is on the basis of the desire to know what must be known that we have recapitulated these facts. But, since everything is linked together, everything is interconnected, everything is there, the Ivory Coast asks your indulgence, your tolerance and your understanding, that of all of you in general and that of the great Powers in particular, in letting me present the position of my country on this crucial problem. In order to do this, the Ivory Coast will abide by the main constant features of its diplomacy. OUr country seeks neither to please nor to offend, to contribute with all its efforts to the pursuit of a just, equitable and durable peace in this part of the world which is so dear to the whole of mankind.