UN General Assembly
1993

Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993 reaffirmed that the right to development is a basic human right. It affirmed that democracy, development and basic human rights are interdependent, reinforcing each other, and it stressed the overriding need to support the process of democratization in developing countries if we wish to ensure its success. Niger remains convinced that freedom and democracy need water to grow, just as fish need water to swim, and that they need to be buttressed by economic and social progress. Similarly, we are convinced that international peace and security cannot prevail in the world unless we take into account the vast mass of mankind’s legitimate yearnings for economic and social progress. Thus, development is a major challenge for the fledgling democracies. They must give an urgent and compelling reply to the question: how can we maintain and cultivate our faith? That is the ardent question of millions of men and women who went to the ballot box to vote and who, after the euphoria of victory, find themselves