Supporting pluralism and democratic change

Dictators reject democracy, and reactionaries reject reform.

Democratic reforms are essential now, I agree.

Second, a change of government through elections prompted reforms and gave them democratic legitimacy. Reform does not require a state of emergency, as is often argued.

There is much debate these days on a global level about reform and democracy, both cherished ideals, rejected only by dictators or reactionaries.

Commentators have also called for constitutional reforms to achieve progress in democratic development.

Government legal capacity (democratic legal and judiciary reforms)

For those reasons, when we talk about reform, the first thing to do is to define the nature of this reform, which can have no other goal than the democratization of this Organization.

Indeed if we are genuinely serious about reform and democracy on a global level, we must begin with the reform of the world's highest organization, and establish democracy within it.

(f) The statements made by the President of Turkmenistan in April 2005 on democratic reforms, and urges that those reforms be truly democratic, in line with established international norms

To be meaningful, the reform process must be democratic and accommodate all views and respect the rights of all peoples and nations big and small.

Refugees and Reform in Europe

The people of this world are demanding reform.

As to Christophe, his elitist reform was reminiscent of the colonial period.

It has been the consistent view of China that the reform of the Security Council should be realized through a gradual process of democratic discussion aimed at achieving consensus.

In Eastern Europe, agricultural reform has mainly involved the reform of tenure rights.

Democratic reforms and significant improvements in systems of governance are taking root in more and more of our countries.

Unless we reform this parliament and democratize it, any request to reform or democratize any national parliament, or national government, anywhere in the world, will not be heeded.

We need a reformed Security Council that is more democratically representative.

It is on the success of such reforms that the level of democracy in each specific State will in the final analysis depend.

Structural reforms that do not take social realities into account could destabilize democratization processes as they impede the fulfilment of those expectations.

Reiterating, in the light of the Santiago Commitment to Democracy and the Renewal of the Inter American System, our will to promote the revitalization of the Organization of American States,

Reforms must recognize the intrinsic link between democracy, security, development and human rights.

(b) Assisting the Government to reform and strengthen democratic institutions and the rule of law (institution building)

The objectives of the reform relate essentially to

While the Government has taken important initiatives to reform civil administration at the central level, reforms below that level have proved more difficult.

It must be achieved through a process of democratic deliberations designed to achieve a consensus.

The President of the Law Reform Commission, the Ombudsman and the Refugee Applications Commissioner were women.

The conference played a positive role in further advancing democratic reforms.

Adherence to democratic processes makes implementation of the comprehensive agrarian reform time consuming.

President of Partido de la Revolución Democrática

To speak merely of the Security Council is contrary to the purpose of the reform that was needed which was principally reform of the General Assembly which represents the nations of the world.

Everywhere the independent expert went, people expressed a desire for a democratic transformation and the rule of law.

As members are aware, sometimes and in some areas Belarus has been the object of criticism because of the slowness of reform and democratic transformations.

That is bad news for citizens, not just for politicians. By leading the charge to reinvigorate democracy, centrist reformers can draw on the best of the liberal traditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to ensure Latin America s success in the new millennium.

The question is How do we reform the United Nations General Assembly (the World Parliament), and render it democratic?

It is my firm belief that reasonable, clear and democratic reform is likely to gather sufficient support in the General Assembly.

Reports frequently refer to the institutional reforms that countries should undertake with respect to strengthening democracy, managing conflict and promoting democratic governance.

Reforming Greek Reform

(d) Promoting popular participation in local governance and implementing decentralization programmes (an aspect of democratic reform)

All the largest political parties (Pro Patria Union, the Reform Party, the United People's Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party) have women's associations.

The position of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on Security Council reform is well known and has been reaffirmed on many occasions.

On the whole, it would be prudent to approach the issue of institutional reform within the framework of sovereign and democratic States.

That Government has shown no interest whatsoever in implementing any economic or political reform that would lead to democratic change and a free market economy.

Islam u0027s Reformist Tradition