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STATEMENT OF THE FIRST WORLD FORUM
ON DEMOCRACY TO THE WARSAW MEETING
OF FOREIGN MINISTERS
June 27, 2000
Warsaw, Poland

World Forum on Democracy: Documents

We, the participants in the First World Forum on Democracy, celebrate the unprecedented expansion of democracy over the last quarter century. But we are also cognizant of the many challenges that confront the world's democracies.

These challenges suggest an urgent need for a cohesive alliance of democratic and open societies rooted in freedom. Such an alliance should unite the democracies, transcending cultural, economic, and historical differences.

This alliance should establish rigorous minimal standards for membership based on the criteria of free and fair elections, freedom of expression, and freedom of association. It should have a dual purpose: to foster improved conditions for freedom and democracy within individual countries, and to promote an open society based on the rule of law. Such an alliance could also work to ensure more effective co-operative development efforts focused on democratic change.

The World Forum on Democracy believes that the Community of Democracies should ensure that its members abide by basic international norms guaranteeing human and democratic rights, including the Geneva conventions, and other norms governing the use of force against civilians.

Further, we call for the establishment within international institutions of effective mechanisms to promote democracy and freedom. As a concrete step in this process, we call on the ministerial meeting to endorse and establish a caucus of democracies at the United Nations.

The World Forum on Democracy welcomes the spirit of dialogue between democratic governments and authoritative voices outside government that was manifested in Warsaw. In order to deepen our exchanges, we call on democratic governments to establish a permanent working group that will meet regularly with a working group from the World Forum on Democracy and other international civil society structures.

The momentum generated by the Warsaw process must be sustained so that we can look forward to an open, more prosperous, and more peaceful world.

Let us work together for a world in which all states are democratic.

SIGNATORIES

  • Moncef Achour, Vice President, Organization Tunisienne de l'education, Tunisia
  • Kenneth Adelman, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Freedom House, USA
  • Egidijus Aleksandravicius, Chairman, Open Society Institute-Lithuania, Lithuania
  • Raul Alfonsin, Former President of Argentina and President de la Union Civica Radical, Comite Nacional de la Union Civica Radical, Argentina
  • Jugnee Amarsanaa, Member, Constitutional Court, Mongolia
  • Nwe Aung, European Representative, National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, Germany
  • Linas Balsys, Senior Editor, Lithuanian National Radio and Television, Lithuania
  • Ned Bandler, Vice Chairman of the Board, Freedom House, USA
  • Jean Bandler, Professor of Social Work, New York University, USA
  • Benjamin Barber, Director, The Walt Whitman Center, Rutgers University, USA
  • Judith Bingham, President, Association Tocqueville, France
  • Oinihol Bobonazarova, Chief, Tajik Center of Human Rights, Tajikistan
  • Simone Bodemo, Secretary General, Women's Network for Peace and Democracy, Central African Republic
  • Nathalie Bolgert, Director, PAFPIO, Poland
  • Dmitriy Bondarenko, Co-ordinator, Civil Initiative Charter 97, Belarus
  • Jakub Boratynski, European Program Director, Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
  • Robert Borden, Chairman, Bumper Development Corporation, Ltd., Canada
  • Alexandru Cantir, President, Committee for Freedom of the Press, Moldova
  • Mikhail Chachkhunashvili, Executive Director, Open Society Georgia Foundation, Georgia
  • Sean Cleary, Managing Director, Think Tools A.G., Switzerland
  • Corina Cretu, Member, Scientific Council, Romanian Institute for Social Democratic Studies, Romania
  • Troy Davis, President, World Citizen Foundation, USA
  • James Denton, Executive Director, Freedom House, USA
  • Antonio Di Pietro, Member, Italian Senate, Italy
  • Larry Diamond, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, and Co-editor, Journal of Democracy, USA
  • Nadia Diuk, Senior Program Officer for Europe and New Independent States, National Endowment for Democracy, USA
  • Zlatko Dizdarevic, Former Editor, Svijet, Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Ivan Doherty, Director of Political Party Programs, National Democratic Institute, USA
  • Jovan Donev, Director, Euro-Balkan Institute, Macedonia
  • Benjamin Fernandez, President, Funadion Libre, Paraguay
  • John Fox, Director, Washington Office, Open Society Institute, USA
  • Paul Freston, Lecturer in Sociology, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil
  • Chhiv Kek Galabru, President, Cambodian League for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights LICADHO, Cambodia
  • Mridula Ghosh, Adviser, United Nations Development Program, Ukraine
  • Carolyn Gomes, Chairperson, Jamaicans for Justice, Jamaica
  • Zdravko Grebo, Law Center, Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Vesna Grubic, President, Croatian Law Center, Croatia
  • Ludmila Gryaznova, Member of the Organizing Committee, Civil Initiative Charter 97, Belarus
  • Habib Guiza, President, Association Club Mohamed Ali de la Culture Ouvriere, Tunisia
  • Nasser Hadian, Professor of Political Science, Tehran University, Iran
  • Istvan Haller, Program Coordinator, Pro Europe League, Romania
  • Istvan Hegedus, Member of the Board, Hungarian News Agency, Hungary
  • Mara Hernandez Estrada, Coordinator of Mexicans Abroad for the Campaign Committee of Vicente Fox, Partido Accion Nacional, Mexico
  • Serhiy Holovaty, President, Ukrainian Legal Foundation, Ukraine
  • Bi-Khim Hsiao, Director, Department of International Affairs, Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan
  • Tom Hudgens, President & CEO, Association to Unite the Democracies, USA
  • Nouri Hussein, Secretary General, Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization, Egypt
  • Tolekan Ismailova, Executive Director, Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society, Kyrgyzstan
  • Anees Jillani, National Coordinator, SPARC, Pakistan
  • Marat Kaiypov, President, Association of Lawyers of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan
  • Adrian Karatnycky, President, Freedom House, USA
  • Nuriddin Karshiboev, President, Tajik National Association of Independent Mass Media, Tajikistan
  • Hyekyung Kim, Executive Secretary, Global Civic Sharing, Republic of Korea
  • Janos Kis, Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, Central European University, Hungary
  • Mykola Knyazhytsky, Director, Society Center, Ukraine
  • Vladimir Kocerha
  • Lena Kolarska-Bobinska, Professor, Institute of Public Affairs, Poland
  • Sergei Kovalyov, Deputy, State Duma of the Russian Federation, Russia
  • Joanna Kurczewska, Professor, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Poland
  • Jacek Kurczewski, Professor, Warsaw University, Poland
  • Annette Laborey, Executive Director, Open Society Institute-Paris, France
  • Yolanda Laitano de Suazo, Executive Director, Fundacion Democracia y Desarrollo de Honduras, Honduras
  • Agu Laius, Executive Director, Jaan Tonisson Institute, Estonia
  • Pande Lazarevski, Director, Institute for Sociological, Political, and Juridical Research, Macedonia
  • Anatoliy Lebedko, President, Euro-Atlantic Association, Belarus
  • Dimon Liu, Executive Director, Committee for Policy Studies, USA
  • Bette Bao Lord, Chairman, Freedom House, USA
  • Winston Lord, Co-Chairman, International Rescue Committee, USA
  • Helena Luczywo, Member of the Management Board, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
  • Rusmir Mahmutcehajic, President, International Forum "Bosnia," Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Mona Makram-Ebeid, President, Association for the Advancement of Education, Egypt
  • Riad Malki, General Director, Panorama Center for the Dissemination of Democracy and Community Development, Palestine
  • Miklos Marschall, Executive Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Transparency International, Germany
  • Tadeusz Mazowiecki, former Special Rapporteur to the Former Yugoslavia, United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Poland
  • Thomas Melia, Vice President of Programs, National Democratic Institute, USA
  • Grigorij Meseznikov, President, Institute of Public Affairs, Slovakia
  • Dorota Mitrus, President, European Institute for Democracy, Poland
  • Cesar Montufar, Director of International Studies Department, Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Ecuador
  • Muhamet Mustafa, President, Riinvest Institute for Development Research, Kosovo
  • Yvonne Muthien, Consultant, South Africa
  • Gerald Nagler, President, Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, Sweden
  • Jigjidsuren Namsrai, Mongolian National Democratic Party, Mongolia
  • Oazu Nantoi, Coordinator of Conflict Management, Institute for Public Policy, Moldova
  • Nicolae Negru, Editor-in-Chief, Independent Journalism Center, Moldova
  • Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute, USA
  • Hrihoriy Nemyria, Director, Center for European and International Studies, Ukraine
  • Kassie Neou, Director and Vice Chairman, Cambodian Institute of Human Rights, Cambodia
  • Peter Nizak, Executive Director, Foundation for Development of Democratic Rights, Hungary
  • Ghia Nodia, Chairman, Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development, Republic of Georgia
  • Eduardo Nolla, Vice Rector, Universidad San Pablo, Spain
  • Olia Onyshko, Deputy Director, Institute of Reforms, Ukraine
  • Mark Palmer, Vice Chairman of the Board, Freedom House, USA
  • Virgilio Paredes Machado, Director, Center for Political, Economic and Social Studies for Central America, Honduras
  • Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, USA
  • Andres Pavon, President, Comite para la Defensa de las Derechos Humanos, Honduras
  • Zdravko Pecar, Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Jean Penders, Member of the Supervisory Board, Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, The Netherlands
  • Inna Pidluska, Vice President, Center for Independent Political Research, Ukraine
  • Vicente Pinto de Andrade, Professor, Universidade Catolica de Angola, Angola
  • Vitaly Portnikov, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, Russia
  • Rodger Potocki, Program Officer for East Central Europe, National Endowment for Democracy, USA
  • Zef Preci, Executive Director, Albanian Center for Economic Research, Albania
  • Zoran Pusic, President, Civic Committee for Human Rights, Croatia
  • Xiao Qiang, Executive Director, Human Right in China, USA
  • Gail Rachlin, Spokesperson, U.S. Falun DAFA Information Center, USA
  • Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, East Timor
  • Pauls Raudseps, Managing Editor, Diena, Latvia
  • Walter Raymond, Senior Advisor, U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, USA
  • Sohrab Razzaghi-Sihrodi, Professor of Political Science, Gilan University, Iran
  • Roland Rich, Director, Centre for Democratic Institution, Australia
  • John Richardson, President, Council for a Community of Democracies, USA
  • Michel Rocard, Former Prime Minister of France, France
  • Kertu Ruus, Editor, Foorum Newspaper, Estonia
  • Andrzej Sadowski, Vice President, Adam Smith Research Center, Poland
  • Roostam Sadri, Plenipotentiary Representative, Tatarstan in Australia, Australia
  • Dorel Sandor, Director, Center for Political Studies and Comparative Analysis, Romania
  • Zygmunt Skorzynski, President, Poland in Europe Foundation, Poland
  • Gary Smith, Executive Director, The American Academy in Berlin, Germany
  • Aleksander Smolar, President, Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
  • Hadi Soesastro, Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia
  • George Soros, Chairman, Open Society Institute and Soros Fund Management, USA
  • Hari Stajner, Director General, Media Center, Yugoslavia
  • Jacek Strzemieczny, Director, Center for Citizenship Education, Poland
  • Nina Stuzhinskaya, President, All-Belarusian Womens' League, Belarus
  • Veton Surroi, Publisher, Koha Ditore, Kosovo
  • Piotr Szczepanski, President, Rural Development Foundation, Poland
  • Muborak Tashpulatova, Executive Director, Tashkent Public Education Center, Uzbekistan
  • Thomas Tint Swe, Minister of South Asian Affairs, National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, India
  • Alejandro Toledo, President, Partido Peru Posible, Peru
  • Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail, President, National Justice Party, Malaysia
  • Jusuf Wanandi, Senior Fellow and Member of the Board, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia
  • S. Izetta Wesley, Assistant Secretary General, Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia, Liberia
  • Wei Jingsheng, President, Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, USA
  • Anatoly Zabolotny, President, Siberian Civic Initiatives Support Center, Russia
  • Jacek Zakowski, Journalist, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
  • Victor Zamyatin, Foreign Editor, Den, Ukraine
  • Michael Zantovsky, Chair, Committee on Foreign Relations, Defense and Security, Senate of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
  • Erping Zhang, Spokesperson, U.S. Falun DAFA Information Center, USA
  • Andrzej Ziabicki, Vice President, Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
  • Altai Zorig, Director, Channel 25 TV, Mongolia

 

Original Link:
... Troy Davis, President, World Citizen Foundation, USA. James Denton, Executive Director ... Hoover
Institution, and Co-editor, Journal of Democracy, USA. ...
www.fordemocracy.net/declaration.shtml
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