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In June
2000, representatives of governments and members of civil
society from all regions of the globe gathered in Warsaw,
Poland to establish the Community of Democracies, an organization
devoted to the consolidation and expansion of democracy around
the world. Eight countries convened the first ministerial
meeting in Warsaw: Poland, Portugal, the United States, Chile,
the Czech Republic, India, Mali and the Republic of Korea.
The conference brought together foreign ministers and officials
from 106 countries as well as hundreds of democracy advocates
and activists.
Participants
endorsed the Warsaw Declaration, which affirms each government’s
commitment to strengthen and promote democratic values and
practices. It spells out a series of core democratic rights,
among others the right to free and fair elections, freedom
of expression, equal access to education, rule of law and
freedom of peaceful assembly. A non-governmental Forum meeting
in parallel discussed a range of problems related to strengthening
democracy.
I.
The Conference
A.
Warsaw Declaration
B. Ministerial
Conference Towards a Community of Democracies
C. Non-Governmental
"World Forum of Democracy" parallel to Ministerial
conference
D. Czech
President Vaclav Havel's Message to the Warsaw Conference
E. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's Closing Remarks
II.
Prior to Warsaw
A. Woodrow
Wilson Center-CCD Conference, May 2000
(1)
Introduction
(2)
2 May, Cooperation Among Democratic Governments to
Strengthen Global, Regional, and Specialized International
Initiatives and Institutions
(3)
10 May, Responding To Threats To Democracy
B. Building
Cooperation Among Democracies
III.
Moving Beyond Warsaw
A. Senate
Hearing on "The International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank: Administration Policy and Reform Priorities" 8
May, 2001 by Larry Diamond, Stanford University
B. Towards
Global Democracy, The Washington Times, 8 March, 2000
C. Report
from the Convening Group of the CD, presented by the
Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic, Jan Kavan.
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