UN General Assembly
1994

settlement of internal conflicts in those neighbouring countries that have appealed to us for assistance. I have elaborated on the major problems of concern to my country, the Central African Republic, and also those of neighbouring countries as concerns lasting peace in Central Africa and in the world at large, and the Assembly will understand that I am deeply committed to respect for human rights and for the rule of law. I am a free man, and I say what I believe. I tell the truth, because the truth makes one free. I am a biologist, and I know that a good metabolism requires both macro-elements and oligo-elements. Therefore, it is impossible to claim respect for human rights and for the rights of nations if, in one way or another, we promote discrimination for whatever reason. In the past, it was discrimination between the East and West blocs, whose consequences, in the form of the cold war, plunged a large part of mankind into a catastrophic situation. In the past, it was discrimination