{ Status: 25 June 1992 }
Preamble
The French people hereby solemnly proclaim their dedication to
the Rights of Man and the principle of national sovereignty as
defined by the Declaration of 1789, reaffirmed and
complemented by the Preamble to the 1946
Constitution.
By virtue of these principles and that of the free determination
of peoples, the Republic offers to the Overseas Territories
expressly desiring this to adhere to them new institutions based
on the common ideal of liberty, equality, and fraternity and
conceived with a view to their democratic evolution.