Fifth Assembly
Democracy Courage Tributes

A highlight of each Assembly is the presentation, at the John B. Hurford Memorial Dinner, of the World Movement’s Democracy Courage Tributes. These give special recognition to groups and movements working in particularly difficult circumstances, but outside the spotlight of world attention. At the Fifth Assembly, Tributes were presented to the:

• Monks of Burma
• Legal Community of Pakistan
• Independent Journalists of Somalia

The John B. Hurford Memorial Dinner was sponsored by the Hurford Foundation, whose president, Robert Miller, welcomed all the Assembly participants and recognized their extraordinary efforts:

“Thank you for the work you do to make this world a better place; thanks for traveling here, and thanks for sharing your experiences and insights with us. We hope you will leave Kyiv with an arsenal of ideas and tools to pursue your cause more effectively.”

The Dinner is named for John Boyce Hurford (1938 – 2000), an internationalist and philanthropist who played an important role in helping to conceptualize and bring into being the World Movement for Democracy.