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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Statement on Chechnya to the Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Community of Democracies

The World Forum on Democracy turns the attentions of the international community to the urgent need to end all forms of ethnic or national discrimination, flagrant oppression of ethnic or national minorities, and all practices akin to internal or external colonialism as serious violations of international law and the principles of democracy.

The World Forum on Democracy condemns the war against the Chechen people being carried out by the Russian Federation, in which hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed, raped, wounded, and displaced from their homes. The World Forum on Democracy urges the Foreign Ministers of the Community of Democracies to demand that the Russian Federation announce immediately a cease fire on the territory of the Chechen Republic and to engage in good-faith negotiations with the leadership. In case of the continuation of the war against Chechnya, the Russian Federation should have no place in the Community of Democracies.

The Foreign Ministers should ensure immediate action by the international humanitarian organizations to save the starving and wounded population on the territory of Chechnya and commit to the stationing of international monitors in the vent of a cease fire.

World Forum on Democracy

Warsaw, June 27, 2000

Adimi, Jamal
Alconada-Sempe, Raul
Aloul, Nadia Hashem
Andrade Vicente Pinto de
Alakkaf, Faris
Aung, Nwe
Balsys, Linas
Bakir, Nancy
Bechaev, Seilam
Berozenishvili, Levan
Bingham, Judith H.
Bobonazarova, Oinihol
Bondarenko, Dmitriy
Boratynski, Jakub
Brophy, Kay
Cantir, Alexandra
Chachkhunashvili, Michael
Chang, King-yuh
Chenowith, Eric
Cheung, Longlong
Cicak, Ivan Zvonimir
Cooper, Timothy
Davis, Troy
Denton, James
Estrada, Mara Hernandez
Gadirov, Erkin
Galabru, C. Kek
Gana, Aaron Tsado
Gana, Joanah Ebun
Gaziyev, Vahid
Ghai, Yash
Golobru, Chhiv Kek
Gomes, Carolyn
Griaznova, Ludmila
Guiza, Habib
Haig, Barbara
Hadian, Nasser
Harymurti, Bambang
Hegedus, Istvan
Hudgens, Tom
Huntley, James
Idrissov, Kuri
Jean-Gardy, Aidy
Jillani, Anees
Kaiypov, Marat
Karatnycky, Adrian
Kei, Inami
Khan, Farhat
Kis, Janos
Laius, Agu
Lasota, Irena
Lebedko, Anatoliy
Liu, Dimon
Lord, Bette Bao
Melia, Thomas O.
Mahmutcehazh, Rusmir
Montufar, Cesar
Nagler, Gerald
Namsrai, Jigjidsuren
Nantai, Dazu
Nava, Luis
Negru, Nicolae
Nemyria, Hryhoriy
Neou, Kassie
Novicki, Marek
Paredes-Machado, Virgilio
Pavon, Andres
Pecar, Zdravko
Rachlin, Gail
Rajaretnam, M.
Raudseps, Pauls
Raymond, Walter
Ruus, Kertu
Sadri, Roostam
Sakijha, Basem
Sawczuk, Agnieszka
Said, Mohamed
Skorzynski, Zygmunt
Stajner, Hari
Stanowski, Krzysztof
Stuzhinskaya, Nina
Swe, Thomas Tint
Szczepanski, Piotr
Tajaroensuk, Chalida
Viachorka, Vintsuk
Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail
Wei, Jingsheng
Wei, Pen
Wesley, S. Izetta
Yadav, Yogendra
Yang, Maysing
Zamyatin, Victor
Zantovsky, Michael
Zhang, Erping
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