Address delivered by H.E. Houphouet-Boigny, president of the republic of Ivory Coast: conference of the heads of states and governments

Abstract

Statement by H. E. Houphout-Boigny, President of Ivory Coast. H.E. Boigny, on his remarks highlighted that, Africa has not ceased to pay very special attention to the unceasing efforts of Ethiopia to promote African Unity, to the economic development of this dear country and the steady raising of the standard of life of its inhabitants, the fruits of the labor of a people and of foreign co-operation without discrimination. In his speech, he said if the union of Africa constitutes for us a new aspiration, the same sentiment has inspired other peoples before us peoples whose experiences cannot be disregarded, but which must, on the contrary, be carefully analyzed.