UN General Assembly
1978

8. As we have already stressed on repeated occasions both here and in other bodies, we have never Concealed the fact that we have an internal problem in Chad and that that problem, alas, is at the roof of the unfortunate events that have shaken our country for 15 years, seriously disrupting our economy and aggravating our country's poverty. Nor have we made a secret of our conviction that a return to peace and a harmonious life in Chad and the safeguarding of lives, property and resources depend first and foremost on the ability of the people of Chad to agree to settle the problem themselves in accordance with the wishes of the people. 9. Well aware as we are of the situation which we are best placed to judge, we have since the coup d'etat of 13 April 1975 made considerable progress towards a rapprochement of all citizens of Chad and, first and foremost, towards national unity.