UN General Assembly
2012

urgent. Of course, the progress made in recent years in the economic, political and social realms is still fragile. That is why the Government remains alert to the different views expressed on the best ways to consolidate that progress. We have opted to make the search for consensus a central axis for managing the affairs of State. In that same spirit, the Togolese Government is working to build on the excitement that has gripped the country’s political class on the eve of legislative elections. Now that dialogue has been reopened, I have good reason to hope that it will lead to broader membership in that class so that its conclusions will be accepted by all. Our immediate priority is to hold successful, free, peaceful and transparent legislative elections. Indeed, we aim to raise Togo to the ranks of those countries that have managed to eradicate the syndrome of violence before, during and after elections. Nonetheless, we must recognize that such violence has unfortunately turned elections into a cause of mortality in various regions of the world.