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Past CCD Activities
The Doha Roundtable on Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa
In partnership with the Arab Democracy Foundation, CCD held a civil society roundtable in Doha, Qatar to discuss issues of democracy and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa from January 9-10, 2011. Participants developed a series of recommendations to be presented to the governments of the Community of Democracies at the June 30 - July 1 Vilnius Ministerial. This meeting was held as protests in Tunisia were strengthening, which culminated in the collapse of the regime only days later and provided a new opening for the development of democracy in the MENA region.
The Ulaanbaatar Roundtable on Democracy in Asia
The Ulaanbataar Roundtable on Democracy, which occurred on September 28-30, 2010 in Ulaanbataar brought together 35 democracy activists from the region. The purpose of this roundtable was to give voice to local civil society leaders regarding democratic development in the region and to provide concrete and timely recommendations to the working groups of the CD and to the current chair, Lithuania. Discussions centered on the topics of the working groups, including: enabling & protecting civil society; gender equality; poverty, development & democracy; regional cooperation; and promoting democracy and responding to national & transnational threats to democracy. Democracy education was also a theme discussed at this meeting. This roundtable further afforded civil society early engagement with the Government of Mongolia, which will succeed Lithuania as the chair of the CD and host the Seventh Ministerial in 2013.
September 23, 2010: United Nations Democracy Caucus is Convened in New York
July 2-4, 2010: CCD Publishes Second Edition of the Diplomat's Handbook
July 2-4, 2010: Civil Society Plays Key Role in Krakow High Level Democracy Meeting
May 12, 2010: United States House of Representatives Passes Resolution Commending the Community of Democracies
April 12, 2010: CD Establishes Working Group on Gender Equality and Women's Rights
March 2010: The Community of Democracies Launches the Parliamentary Forum for Democracy
February 2010: Pretoria Civil Society Roundtable on the State of Democracy in Africa
CCD Accomplishments in 2009 and Looking Ahead to 2010
November 2009: Europe Signals Greater Engagement in the Community of Democracies
April 30-May 1, 2009: Asia Roundtable of the Community of Democracies non-Governmental Process
March 2009: Community of Democracies Seminar Addresses Implications of Global Economic and Financial Crisis on Democratic Governance
March 4, 2009: ISC/CD Calls for Release of Human Rights Lawyer in China
November 2008: CCD Board Task Force Issues Recommendations to Obama Administration on Democracy Promotion
November 2008: CCD Publishes Third Pocantico Report, "Implementing the Global Strategic Plan for Democracy Education"
August 7, 2008: ISC/CD Condemns Coup in Mauritania, Urges Peaceful Resolution of Political Crisis and Restoration of Constitutional Governance
July 3, 2008: CCD and Fund for Peace Issue Joint Statement on Zimbabwe
June 2008: CCD Releases Budapest Conference Report, "Prospects for Democratic Transition in the Middle East and North Africa: Implications of the Central/East European and African Experiences"
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