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Archived Events
UN Secretary General's Chief of Staff, Mark
Malloch Brown, delivered a lecture at event co-sponsored by
the Campaign for a UN Democracy Caucus
On October 6th, 2005, Secretary General
Annan's Chief of Staff, Mark Malloch Brown, delivered a lecture
in New York on UN promotion of Democracy and Human Rights.
Mr. Malloch Brown, who held the position of Administrator
of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) during
the last six years, analyzed how the reforms stated by the
Outcome Document of the UN World Summit will foster the work
of the United Nations in the fields of Human Rights and Democracy.
The event was co-sponsored by the Campaign for a UN Democracy
Caucus, together with the Foreign Policy Association and the
National Endowment for Democracy.
To read the full transcript of the lecture,
click here
To view the lecture in video, click
here
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DCP Co-Hosts a Panel Discussion on UN Democracy
Caucus at 61st Human Rights Commission
On March 31, 2005, the Democracy Coalition
Project, Transnational Radical Party and Feedom House co-hosted
a panel discussion titled "The
UN Democracy Caucus: Its Role in Promoting and Protecting
Human Rights.” Representatives from both civil society
and Community of Democracies governments spoke to a crowd
of over 150 people on the important role the UN Democracy
Caucus can play in the Human Rights Commission.
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DCP Co-Hosts A Roundtable Discussion At The
2004
Human Rights Commission
On March 29, 2004 the Democracy Coalition Project,
Freedom House and the Transnational Radical Party organized
a roundtable discussion entitled “Human Rights and Democracy:
Building Common Purpose Among the UN’s Democracies.”
The following speakers were featured at the meeting:
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Ambassador Richard
Williamson, Head of the U.S. delegation to the 60th
UNCHR |
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Ambassador Krzysztof
Jakubowski, Permanent Representative of Poland
to the UN |
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Amabssador Gordan
Markotic, Permanent Representative of Croatia to the
UN/Vice President of 60th UNCHR |
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The Hon. Marco
Pannella, Member of the European Parliament and founder
of the Transnational Radical Party |
Click here
to see the flyer for this event.
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World Movement for Democracy Third Assembly:
Building Democracy
for Peace, Development and Human Rights.
On February 1–4, The
World Movement for Democracy held its Third
Assembly. At the Assembly, participants explored how to
expand and strengthen democracy in their countries and in
their regions of the world; how to strengthen civic groups,
political parties and the media; how to increase accountability
of political institutions; and how to use civic education
and culture as a means of promoting democratic values.
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International Civil Society Forum on Democracy,
Good Governance and
Civil Society
On September 8–9, 2003 Mongolia hosted
a civil society forum to examine the inter-dependent relations
between the promotion of democracy, culture of peace, fundamental
human rights, and good governance on one hand and attainment
of security, development and elimination of poverty on the
other. There were over 200 hundred participants from 68 countries
attending the meetings.
To read more about the conference click
here.
To read the outcome paper from the conference click
here.
To read Ted Piccone’s presentation on the impact of
globalization and international financial institutions on
democracy-building click
here.
Following the conference Michael Lev wrote a piece for the
Chicago
Tribune. Click
here to access the article.
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Fifth International Conference for New or
Restored Democracies
In collaboration with the Government of Mongolia
and United Nations Development Programme, International Conference
for New and Restored Democracies-5 took place in Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia September 10–12, 2003. The Conference theme
was “Democracy, Good Governance and Civil Society.”
Approximately 109 governments sent representatives ranging
from Foreign Ministers to local Ambassadors, as well as senior
figures from the UN, EU and other multilateral institutions.
Experts prepared 15 background and synthesis papers on various
democracy-related topics, some of which were presented in
the discussions.
To read more about the conference click
here.
To read the plan of action click
here.
To read the Ulaan Baatar declaration click
here.
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Roundtable Discussion on “Enhancing
Democratic Cooperation At The United Nations” To Take
Place On Wednesday, April 9, 2003 At The Palais des Nations
In Geneva.
This meeting was organised by Freedom House,
the Open Society Institute/Democracy Coalition Project and
the Transnational Radical Party, and it will feature the following
speakers:
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Ambassador Jeane
J. Kirkpatrick, head of the US delegation to the UNCHR
and a Freedom House trustee |
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Emma Bonino,
member of the European Parliament and former European
Commissioner for humanitarian aid, and a leader of the
Transnational Radical Party |
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Adrian Karatnycky,
counselor and senior scholar, Freedom House |
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Claudia Caldeirinha,
Regional Director for Europe of the Democracy
Coalition Project |
Documents
Presentation by Claudia Caldeirinha, click
here.
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