UN General Assembly
1987

We must do everything possible to halt the aggressions being arbitrarily unleashed against the civilian populations of the front-line countries, which are courageously serving as ramparts against injustice and racism. The Togolese Government hails the determination of the leaders and peoples of the front-line States who are opposing the violence and provocations of the South African army and the rebels taking orders from Pretoria. The situation in Chad is a legitimate subject of concern for us all. Twenty years of fratricidal war have exhausted that country and its fraternal people, who aspire to peace in union with their sons and families, with the integrity of their territory restored. Our country hails the desire for national reconciliation which has been affirmed there. Unity among all the people of Chad is indispensable in order to rebuild and guarantee the independence of their country, which should then at last be able to devote itself to the essential tasks of development.