UN General Assembly
1990

This is how the new era is beginning. Because of the contribution made by each and every Congolese, and with the support of our partners in the international community, the Congo will give itself a new political landscape which will favour the harmonious development of the country and the well-being of its peoples. The Congo, by using all the energies, freedoms and talents of all its sons and daughters, should make democracy a factor in the country1 s development. May this work be carried out in national peace and concord, because that is the wish of its peoples; may it take place without the process now under way being threatened by the adjustment measures, which have been undertaken in an adverse international economic context and which can only be measured in terms of high social costs and political instability. Despite the difficulties which characterise any human endeavour and the scale of the challenge the Congo must meet, the process is irreversible. It is following its course in a climate of regained national peace and cohesion.