After-conference documents:

• Statement of the First World Forum on Democracy to the Warsaw Meeting of Foreign Ministers
• Statement on Chechnya to the Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Community of Democracies
• List of attendees
• Conference program

Speeches by:

• Mr. Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland
• Mr. George Soros, Chairman of Open Society Institute
• Mr. Bronisław Geremek, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
• Ms. Madeleine K. Albright, US Secretary of State
• Mr. Aleksander Smolar, Chairman of the Board, Stefan Batory Foundation
• Latin American humble contribution for the construction of democracy in East Europe by Raul Alfonsin
• Culture, power, and closed societies by Mahnaz Afkhami

Summaries:

• Remarks of Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations
• Plenary discussion "Democracy and dealing with an authoritarian past"
• Plenary discussion "National sovereignty, humanitarian intervention and democracy"
• Plenary session "Threats to democracy and international responses"
• Opening and Keynote remarks
• Panel discussion "Human Rights and the Right to Democracy in International Relations"

Photos from the conference

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Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland, opening the World Forum on Democracy; Warsaw, 25.06.2000

Michel Rocard, Opening Plenary Session, on the right: Bette Bao Lord; Warsaw, 25.06.2000

George Soros - speaking during the Opening Plenary Session on the Open Society issue; Warsaw, 25.06.2000

Alejandro Toledo - Opening Plenary Session; Warsaw, 25.06.2000

Bronislaw Geremek, Minister of Foregin Affairs of Poland - speaking on behalf of the "Community of Democracies" ministerial conference; on the left: Aleksander Smolar; Warsaw, 25.06.2000

"Globalization and Democracy" Panel Discussion. From the left: Fred Van Leeuven, Francis Fukuyama, Werner Weidenfeld, Bolivar Lamounier, Beniamin Barber; Warsaw, 25.06.2000

"Democracy and Dealing with an Authoritarian Past" Panel Discussion. From the left: Janos Kis, Raul Alfonsin, Adam Michnik, Jusuf Wanadi; Warsaw 26.06.2000

"Threats to Democracy and International Responses" - remarks of Alpha Oumar Konare, President of Mali; Warsaw, 26.06.2000

Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State speaking on "Democracy in the Era of Globalization"; Warsaw, 26.06.2000

"Democracy and Corruption" Panel Discussion. From the left: Serhiy Holovaty, Peter Eigen, Antonio di Pietro, Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz; Warsaw, 26.06.2000

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