The Presidium represented the Supreme People's Assembly when the Assembly was not in session.

Parliaments were described as the visible expression of democracy.

II. Follow up process to the Third International Conference of New or Restored Democracies on Democracy and Development

Taking note with satisfaction of the seminars, workshops and conferences on democratization and good governance organized in 2000, as well as those held under the auspices of the International Conference of New or Restored Democracies,

Taking note with satisfaction of the seminars, workshops and conferences on democratization and good governance convened in 2001, as well as those held under the auspices of the International Conference of New or Restored Democracies,

The mission also met with the leadership of the main political parties represented in Parliament the Front pour la démocratie au Burundi (FRODEBU), the Union pour le progrès national (UPRONA) and the Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie Forces pour la défense de la démocratie (CNN FDD).

71. The First Conference of the Americas on New or Restored Democracies is planned to take place in Costa Rica in 1999, organized by the Programma Centroamericano para la Sostenibilidad Democratica together with the United Nations University of Peace, to follow up on the recommendations of the Third International Conference of the New or Restored Democracies.

10. The Democracy Forum is a discussion platform within the framework of the Conference of New or Restored Democracies.

By 1996, the National League for Democracy (NLD), the winners of the 1990 election, had boycotted some of the Convention sessions, citing the undemocratic nature of its procedures and the human rights abuses perpetrated during its proceedings.

Effective parliaments that represent the will of the people are essential to democratic rule.

The theme of the Summit was Governance for an Efficient and Participative Democracy.

On the Burundi front, UPRONA and the Ralliement pour la démocratie et le développement économique et social (RADDES) refused to take part in the meeting, although the President of FRODEBU and some members of CNDD attended it.

Mongolia, as host of the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies and as a participating State of the Community of Democracies, welcomes the importance attached to democracy in the report and the proposed Democracy Fund.

the Resolution of the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, Resolution on the Report of the 15th Central Committee.

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo played an active role in the preparatory meetings for the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region.

72. The Conference in Costa Rica is one of a series of seminars, workshops and conferences organized or planned under the auspices of the International Conferences of New or Restored Democracies.

Recalling that the Fourth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies focused on peace, security, democracy and development,

(d) Establishing a subregional parliament as an instrument for the promotion of democratic values and the democratic experiment in Central Africa

Accordingly, PDP had proposed convening a constituent assembly to settle the status issue.

Noting the role of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in support of the International Conference of New or Restored Democracies movement,

2. Also takes note of the outcomes of the first and second meetings of the Advisory Board of the Sixth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, particularly the formulation of a Conference programme of work for 2007 2009, and welcomes the proposal to designate an international day of democracy

In view of the unprecedented announcement by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Review Conference should give serious consideration to the question of withdrawal.

Recalling also the Manila DeclarationA 43 538, annex. adopted by the First International Conference of New or Restored DemocraciesThen called the International Conference of Newly Restored Democracies. in June 1988,

Mr. Willfried Penner (MP, Social Democratic Party), Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee

Mr. Karaha (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Vice President, took the Chair.

At the invitation of the Chairperson, the representatives of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea took places at the Committee table.

At its 38th meeting, on 25 July, the Council adopted draft decision 24 recommended by the Commission,23 entitled Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities .

At the same session, the General Assembly welcomed the proposal of the Government of Qatar to hold the Sixth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies from 13 to 15 November 2006 in Doha (resolution 58 281).

I congratulate Romania for its successful hosting of ICNRD apos s third meeting earlier this month.

In 2002 at a summit the first between the leaders of Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, held in Pyongyang, the latter admitted that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea had been involved in a number of abductions and apologized accordingly.

The Conference is expected to be the central opportunity for civil society involvement in the Millennium 5 process.

The primary focus for action to prevent conflicts in a democratic society should be national parliaments.

10. Welcomes the decision of the Government of Mongolia to host the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies in 2003

13. On 22 September 1998, a Ministerial Meeting of New or Restored Democracies was held at United Nations Headquarters the Meeting endorsed the proposals by the follow up mechanism.

Recalling that the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, which was held in Ulaanbaatar from 10 to 12 September 2003, focused on democracy, good governance and civil society,

Consideration was given to the main problems of criminality linked to migration, with emphasis on crime against, and exploitation of, migrants.

The Committee considered the initial report of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (CEDAW C PRK 1) at its 699th and 700th meetings on 18 July 2005.

From the 13 nations that first met in Manila, ICNRD has grown to 76 countries today.

The Board's main recommendations are that UNHCR

2. Welcomes the Ulaanbaatar Declaration and Plan of Action Democracy, Good Governance and Civil Society, adopted at the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies A 58 387, annexes I and II.

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To this end, the High level Plenary Meeting should endorse the proposed Democracy Fund.

10. At its fiftieth session, the General Assembly decided, on the recommendation of the Committee, to increase the membership of the Committee from 88 to 89 members, and appointed the Democratic People s Republic of Korea a member of the Committee.