UN General Assembly
1994

In this context, the Central African Republic, which I represent today at the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly, elected me President, Head of State of the Republic, in a setting of serenity and transparency, and over eight other candidates who enjoyed broad support from abroad. This was a victory not only for me and my Party but also for the entire Central African people. It was a victory won through change in favour of a new and truly democratic Republic. I take this opportunity to thank earnestly, once again, the friendly countries and international institutions that participated unfailingly in the process of democratizing the Central African Republic. I would like to mention in particular France, the United States of America, Germany, Japan, the Republic of China in Taiwan, the European Union, the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The Central African Republic would like to base its hopes on the concrete decisions that the General Assembly will be taking to eradicate the last remaining hotbeds of tension in the world at large and in Africa in