UN General Assembly
1978

14. The approval of that Constitution by the people is the first step, to which everyone aspired, that will bring us very rapidly to the establishment of all the usual institutions of State whose principles are based on freedom, justice and democracy: that is to say, the choice of a president, then a federal assembly elected by universal suffrage and, consequently, the establishment of all the structures of the State. This resolutely democratic process, which takes account of the rights and freedoms of each citizen, contributes-if there is any need for this-to dispelling any misunderstanding about the intentions of the team installed after the events of 13 May last. 15. We take this opportunity to declare solemnly once again that the Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros has every intention of respecting and abiding by all the conventions signed and international commitments undertaken by the former regime.