Constitution of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire: July 23, 2000 (as Amended to 2004) (Cote D'Ivoire [ci])

The People of Côte d’Ivoire, Conscious of their liberty and national identity, of their responsibility before history and humanity; Conscious of their ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, and desirous to build one nation unified in solidarity and prosperous; Convinced that union with respect for diversity assures economic progress and social well-being; Profoundly attached to constitutional legality and to democratic institutions; Proclaims its adherence to the rights and freedoms as defined in the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1948 and in the...