No Comment: François Hollande on foreign interferences in the DRC (UN General Assembly)

(PHOTO: French President François Hollande delivering his maiden

speech at the 67th UN General Assembly, New York, Tuesday, September

25, 2012)



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"May I recall that this Assembly has been able to assert one

principle: States have all the responsibility to ensure the security

of their civilians.



"And if a state were to fail this obligation, it is incumbent upon us,

upon the UN, to engage means to assume it in its stead.



"Let's not bury this promise for it could be useful.



"I think in particular to what is happening in the Democratic Republic

of Congo, where civilians are the principal victims of clashes and

where interferences should cease as rapidly as possible."



--Translated by Alex Engwete--



(Source: www.elysee.fr/president/les-actualites/discours/2012/discours-du-president-de-la-republique-a.13974.html)



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PHOTO CREDITS: Mike Segar/Reuters

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