Remarks at the Closing of the West Africa Ministerial Symposium Hosted by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Dakar, Senegal
“I find in ECOWAS… a passionate commitment not only to mitigate the worst conditions arising from the crisis, and to appeal for international assistance, but to chart a path – a realistic path – that accords priority to fundamental goods of political legitimacy embodied in democracy, social development built on a culture of human rights, economic progress gained with a sophisticated understanding of the relationship of corruption and instability to poverty, and the importance of justice in achieving a peaceful society.”
