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Building the World Movement for Democracy

Inaugural World Assembly
February 14-17, 1999
New Delhi, India
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Founding Statement

Democracy as a Universal Value - Keynote Address by Amartya Sen

Plenary 1:
Democracy & Development
Plenary 2:
Democracy & Diversity
Plenary 3:
Challenges of Democratic Governance

Greetings

Workshops:
New Communications Technologies
Democracy & NGOs
Political Parties & Democracy
Policy Research Institutes & Democracy
Trade Unions & Democracy in a Changing Global Economy
Civic Education & Democracy
Democracy Assistance Foundations
Democracy & Market Institutions
Transparency & Accountability
Informal Workshop Reports


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Biographies

Lunch & Dinner Speakers
Mary Robinson, Rajesh V. Shah Lloyd Doggett,V.A. Pai Panandiker Zbigniew Romaszewski
Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland, pictured here with Rajesh V. Shah, President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), addressed the issue of "Reinforcing the link between human rights and democracy. Lloyd Doggett, U.S. Congressman, and V.A. Pai Panandiker, President of the Centre for Policy Research (CPR). Zbigniew Romaszewski, member of the Polish Senate.
Jaswant Singh, Mubashir Hasan Jim McDermott, Emannuel Gyimah-Boadi Genaro Arriagada, George Fernand, Carl Gershman
Jaswant Singh, Minister of External Affairs of India, who addressed the closing session of the conference, pictured with Mubashir Hasan, a delegate from Pakistan.Jim McDermott, U.S. Congressman, speaking with Emannuel Gyimah-Boadi of the Center for Democracy and Development of Ghana Jim McDermott, U.S. Congressman, speaking with Emannuel Gyimah-Boadi of the Center for Democracy and Development of Ghana. Genaro Arriagada, Chile's Ambassador to the United States, George Fernandes, Defense Minister of India, pictured here with Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
David Price Gary Ackerman, Jamshyd Godrej Richard Celeste, M.S. Gill, John Brademas
David Price, U.S. Congressman Gary Ackerman, U.S. Congressman and Chair of the Congressional Caucus on India, and Jamshyd Godrej of the Confederation of Indian Industry. Richard Celeste, U.S. Ambassador to India, M.S. Gill, Chief Election Commissioner of India, and John Brademas, Chairman of the Board of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).