The Center for Democracy - Current Programs

2003
June	[WASHINGTON, DC] New Democracies Forum. A multi-party delegation of members from the Turkish Grand National Assembly visited Washington for meetings with Members of the U.S. Congress; officials of the National Security Council; Departments of State, Defense, Treasury, and Commerce; International Monetary Fund; and non-governmental organizations active in Turkish-American relations.
May	[WASHINGTON, DC] International Judicial Conference. Eleventh annual meeting of justices form the highest national courts in 70 countries worldwide, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Focus of the conference was the international judicial response to terrorism and corruption, as well as a continuing theme of ensuring judicial independence and the rule of law. The conference was sponsored by the Center, the Furth Family Foundation, and IFES. See List of Participants and Conference Agenda.
2002
November	Miami-Dade County, Florida - Election Monitoring The Pre-Election Report on "The Adequacy of the County's Election Preparations," dated October 31, 2002 Allen Weinstein's statement to the press, November 6, 2002 Post-Election Report on the Effectiveness of Miami-Dade's November 5 Election Process, dated November 22, 2002

September	Publication: The Democracy and Peace Paper The inaugural issue of Democracy and Peace is now available. In three languages (Arabic, English, Hebrew), the paper contains all the major operable proposals for an end to violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. It also includes a joint editorial from the editors of Northern Ireland's leading Protestant and Catholic newspapers. Future issues will deal with the following topics: The Challenges of Democracy: Israel and Palestine; The Palestinian Elections; Rule of Law Questions: Israel and Palestine; and The Economic Dimension of Mideast Peace. The paper is now being distributed in the U.S., Europe, Israel, and the West Bank and Gaza. For further information or to receive a copy of the paper, please write: The Democracy and Peace Paper, P. O. Box 34495, Washington, DC 20043.


August	Allen Weinstein, joined by representatives from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and other Americans, participated in a conference in Taipei, Taiwan on "Asia-Pacific Democratic Cooperation" (August 25-27, 2002). Topics covered included: democratization in Asia, democracy and regional security, the role of NGOs, and building cooperative frameworks to consolidate democratization in Taiwan and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region. At the conference, the international participants offered suggestions for developing mechanisms for further regional democratic expansion and, also, for possible creation of a Taiwan democracy foundation. After the conference, President Chen Shui-bian met with international delegates for a lively off-the-record discussion of current issues affecting Taiwan.
July	[WASHINGTON] Russian President Putin's Legislative Aides visited Washington to exchange views and information on the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government. Sponsored by the Library of Congress's Open World Program and organized by the Center.
May	[STRASBOURG, FRANCE] 10th anniversary of the International Judicial Conference, co-sponsored with the Furth Family Foundation and the European Court of Human Rights.
March	[WASHINGTON] Russian Judicial Leaders Visit Washington to Discuss Reform Process, The visit was sponsored by the Open World Program, Center for Russian Leadership Development, of the Library of Congress, and organized by The Center for Democracy.
January	[BRUSSELS, BELGIUM] Conference on "After the Attack: The several 'Europes' and the Future of the Trans-Atlantic Alliance," co-sponsored by the Center, the University of Texas-Austin, Oxford University's " European Centre for the study of Democratization" (at Nuffield College), and the Polish Institute for International Affairs.
2001
November	[WASHINGTON] Environment and Human Rights in the Russian Federation - Second in a series of conferences at the Smithsonian's Wilson Center, co-sponsored by The Center for Democracy, The Center for Russian Environmental Policy, The Russian Federation's Commission on Human Rights, and the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies.
	[BELFAST] Allen Weinstein delivered the graduation address at the Belfast Institute for Further & Higher Education and held meetings with Northern Ireland Assembly leaders.
October	[WASHINGTON] The Center hosted Hon. Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and his colleagues for meetings with members of Congress and Bush Administration officials. (More information on The Center for Democracy and the Council of Europe)
	[WASHINGTON] Center for Democracy Forum at the National Archives. Theme" "Is America Still a 'Melting Pot?' Moderator-Allen Weinstein; Lead Speaker-Michael Barone, author of The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again; Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan served as a panelist.
September	[BEIJING] Allen Weinstein took part in the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs' conference on "China and the World in the 21st Century".

June	[WASHINGTON] New Democracies Forum - Visit by a high-ranking government delegation from Ukraine, led by Mr. Volodymyr Lytvyn, Special Envoy of President Kuchma and Chief of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine.