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Sunday, June 25

9:00-10:00 WELCOME COFFEE
10:00-12:30NG PLENARY SESSION
Welcome: Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland
Remarks: Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France
George Soros, Chairman,Society Institute and Soros Fund Management
Alejandro Toledo, President, Partido Peru Posible*

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:15 CONCURRENT PANELS:

Globalization and Democracy
Panelists:

  • Francis Fukuyama, Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University (United States)
  • Benjamin Barber, Director, Walt Whitman Center, Rutgers University (United States)
  • Bill Jordan, General Secretary, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (Belgium)*
  • Bolivar Lamounier, Research Director, Sao Paulo Institute of Economic, Social and Political Studies (Brazil)
    Chairman: Werner Weidenfeld, Member of the Board, Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany)

    ng Closed Societies
    Panelists:

  • Mahnaz Afkhami, President, Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace (Iran/United States)
  • Irena Lasota, President, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (United States)
  • Xiao Qiang, Executive Director, Human Rights in China (China)
    Chairman: Genaro Arriagada, former Ambassador to the United States (Chile)

    Human Rights and the Right to Democracy in International Relations
    Panelists:

  • John Bolton, Senior Vice President, American Enterprise Institute (United States)
  • Sergei Kovalyov, State Duma Deputy, Russian Federation (Russia)
  • Aryeh Neier, President,Society Institute (United States)
    Chairman: Bi-Khim Hsiao, Director, Department of International Affairs, Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan)

    Political Parties:
    Catalysts or Obstacles to Democratic Reform

    Panelists:

  • Mary Harney, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of Ireland; Leader of the Progressive Democrats Party (Ireland)
  • Maria Soledad Alvear Valenzuela, Foreign Minister of Chile (Chile)
  • Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Minister for Finance, Budget and External Relations, Brussels and President of Liberal International (Belgium)
    Chairman: Thomas Melia, Vice President for Programs, National Democratic Institute (United States)

    15:15-15:30 Coffee break

    15:30-17:15 PLENARY DISCUSSION: NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY, HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION & DEMOCRACY

    Panelists:

  • Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (East Timor)
  • Veton Surroi, Publisher, Koha Ditore (Kosovo)
  • Paul Wolfowitz, Dean, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (United States)*
    Chairman: TBD

    20:00 Dinner for the Community of Democracies Ministerial Meeting hosted by Bronislaw Geremek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, with the participation of World Forum on Democracy guests

    Monday, June 26
    9:15-11:00 PLENARY DISCUSSION: DEMOCRACY AND DEALING WITH AN AUTHORITARIAN PAST

    Panelists:

  • Raul Alfonsin, former President of Argentina (Argentina)
  • Adam Michnik, Editor, Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland)
  • Jusuf Wanandi, Chairman, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Indonesia)
    Chairman: Janos Kis, Professor of Philosophy, Central European University (Hungary)

    11:00-11:30 Coffee break

    11:30-12:30 PLENARY SESSION: THREATS TO DEMOCRACY: INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES
    Remarks: Alpha Oumar Konaré, President of the Republic of Mali*
    Chairman: TBD

    12:30-13:30 Lunch

    13:30-14:30 PLENARY DISCUSSION: DEMOCRACY IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
    Remarks: Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
    Chairman: Henryka Bochniarz, President, Polish Confederation of Private Employers (Poland)

    14:30-16:15CONCURRENT PANELS

    Culture and Democracy
    Panelists:

  • Kavi Chongkittavorn, Executive Editor, The Nation (Thailand)
  • Nasser Hadian, Director, Graduate Faculty of Law and Political Science, Tehran University (Iran)
  • Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail, National Justice Party (Malaysia)
    Chairman: Kenneth Adelman, Secretary of the Board, Freedom House (United States)

    Democracy and Corruption
    Panelists:

  • Antonio DiPietro, Member, Italian Senate (Italy)
  • Peter Eigen, Chairman, Transparency International (Germany)
  • Serhiy Holowaty, former Minister of Justice (Ukraine)
  • Daniel Kaufman, Senior Manager of Governance, World Bank Group (Chile)*
    Chairman: Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, former Prime Minister (Poland)

    Supporting Democratic Change through National and International Foundations/Institutions
    Panelists:

  • Uwe Optenhögel, Director, Division of International Dialogue, Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Germany)
  • Alexandra Jones, former Chief Executive, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (United Kingdom)
  • Eduardo Nolla, Vice-Rector, Universidad San Paulo (Spain)
  • Roland Rich, Director, Centre for Democratic Institution (Australia)
    Chairman: Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy (United States)

    16:15-16:30 Coffee break

    16:30-18:15 CONCURRENT PANELS

    Democracy, Freedom, and Development
    Panelists:

  • Wei Jingsheng, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University (China)
  • Ayo Obe, President, Civil Liberties Union (Nigeria)
  • Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University (United States)
    Chairman: TBD

    From Limited Democracy to Full Democracy
    Panelists:

  • Ghia Nodia, Director, Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (Republic of Georgia)
  • Elena Nemirovskaya, Moscow School of Political Studies (Russia)*
  • Pierre Rosanvallon, Centre de Recherches Politiques Raymond Aron (France)
  • Fareed Zakaria, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs (United States)
    Chairman: Bengt Save-Soderbergh, Secretary General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (Sweden)

    Federalism, Multi-Ethnic Society and Democracy
    Panelists:

  • Judy Cavanagh, Deputy Minister, Government Priorities, Government of British Columbia (Canada)
  • Aaron Gana, Executive Director, African Centre for Democratic Governance (Nigeria)
  • Yogendra Yadav, Director, Director of the Institute for Comparative Democracy (India)
  • Mara Hernandez Estrada, Head, Department of Economic Studies, Partido Accion Nacional (Mexico)
    Chairman: Ralph Lysyshyn, President, Forum of Federations (Canada)

    19:30 OPTIONAL CULTURAL EVENT

    Tuesday, June 27

    9:00-9:25 Report from the WFD to the Community of Democracies Ministerial Meeting]
    9:30-10:30 WFD DECLARATION SIGNING AND COFFEE
    10:30-11:30 PLENARY SESSION: THE UNITED NATIONS AND GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC CHANGE
    Remarks: Kofi Annan,Secretary-General of United Nations

    11:30-12:30 REFLECTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL MEETING
    Remarks: Jan Kavan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic*
    Joung-binn Lee, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea*
    Jaswant Singh, Minister of External Affairs, India*
    Chairman: Andrzej Olechowski, former Foreign Minister (Poland)

    12:30-13:15 PRESENTATION OF WFD DECLARATION

    13:30-14:30 LUNCH AND PRESS BRIEFING

    * Invited

    Plenary Speakers
    Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
    Raul Alfonsin, former President of Argentina
    Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General
    Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland
    Bronislaw Geremek, Polish Foreign Minister
    Adam Michnik, Editor, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
    Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Laureate
    Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France
    George Soros, Chairman,Society Institute and Soros Fund Management
    Alejandro Toledo, President, Partido Peru Posible, Peru
    Jusuf Wanandi, Chairman, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia


    Panelists
    Kenneth Adelman, Secretary of the Board, Freedom House (United States)
    Mahnaz Afkhami, President, Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace (United States)
    Genaro Arriagada, former Ambassador to the United States (Chile)
    Benjamin Barber, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University (United States)
    Henryka Bochniarz, President, Polish Confederation of Private Employers (Poland)
    John Bolton, Senior Vice President, American Enterprise Institute (United States)
    Judy Cavanaugh, Deputy Minister, Government Priorities, Government of British Columbia (Canada)
    Kavi Chongkittavorn, Executive Editor, The Nation (Thailand)
    Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, former Prime Minister (Poland)
    Hernando de Soto, President, Instituto de Libertad y Democracia (Peru)
    Antonio DiPietro, Member, Italian Senate (Italy)
    Peter Eigen, Chairman, Transparency International (Germany)
    Francis Fukuyama, Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University (United States)
    Aaron Gana, Executive Director, African Centre for Democratic Governance (Nigeria)
    Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy (United States)
    Nasser Hadian, Director, Graduate Faculty of Law and Political Science, Tehran University (Iran)
    Mary Harney, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of Ireland; Leader of the Progressive Democrats Party (Ireland)
    Mara Hernandez Estrada, Head, Department of Economic Studies, Partido Accion Nacional (Mexico)
    Serhiy Holowaty, President, Ukrainian Legal Foundation (Ukraine)
    Bi-Khim Hsiao, Director, Department of International Affairs, Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan)
    Alexandra Jones, Chief Executive, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (United Kingdom)
    Dalchoong Kim, President, Sejong Institute (South Korea)
    Janos Kis, Professor of Philosophy, Central European University (Hungary)
    Sergei Kovalyov, State Duma Deputy, Russian Federation (Russia)
    Bolivar Lamounier, Research Director, Sao Paulo Institute of Economic, Social and Political Studies (Brazil)
    Irena Lasota, President, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (United States)
    Bette Bao Lord, Chairman of the Board, Freedom House (United States)
    Ralph Lysyshyn, President, Forum on Federations (Canada)
    Thomas Melia, Vice President for Programs, National Democratic Insititute (United States)
    Aryeh Neier, President,Society Institute (United States)
    Eduardo Nolla, Vice-Rector, Universidad San Paulo (Spain)
    Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Minister for Finance, Budget and External Relations, Brussels and President of Liberal International (Belgium)
    Guia Nodia, Director, Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (Republic of Georgia)
    Ayo Obe, President, Civil Liberties Union (Nigeria)
    Andrzej Olechowski, former Foreign Minister (Poland)
    Uwe Optenhogel, Director, Division of International Dialogue, Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Germany)
    Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University (USA)
    Xiao Qiang, Executive Director, Human Rights in China (China)
    Roland Rich, Director, Centre for Democratic Institution (Australia)
    Pierre Rosanvallon, Centre de Recherches Politiques Raymond Aron (France)
    Bengt Save-Soderbergh, Secretary General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (Sweden)
    Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Laureate (Nigeria)
    Aleksander Smolar, President, Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
    Veton Surroi, former Editor, Koha Ditore (Kosovo)
    Maria Soledad Alvear Valenzuela, Foreign Minister of Chile (Chile)
    Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail, National Justice Party (Malaysia)
    Wei Jingsheng, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University (China)
    Werner Weidenfeld, Member of the Board, Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany)
    Yogendra Yadav, Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (India)
    Fareed Zakaria, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs (United States)

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    WFD conference attendees

    Kamal Abbas, General Coordinator, Center for Trade Union and Workers' Services, Egypt
    Moncef Achour, Vice-President, Organisation Tunisienne de l'education, Tunisia
    Kenneth Adelman, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Freedom House, USA
    Jamal Adimi, Secretary General, Forum for Civil Society, Yemen
    Jill Adler, Director, East-West Parliamentary Practice Project, The Netherlands
    Jean-Gardy Ady, General Secretary, Comite de Presse pour l'Action Civique, Haiti
    Mahnaz Afkhami, President, Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace, USA
    Saida Agrebi, Deputy, Tunisian Mothers' Association, Tunisia
    Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State, USA
    Egidijus Aleksandravicius, Chairman,Society Institute-Lithuania, Lithuania
    Raul Alfonsin, Former President of Argentina and President de la Union Civica Radical, Comite Nacional de la Union Civica Radical, Argentina
    Ahmad Al-Khateeb, Former Member of Parliament, Kuwait
    Saeda Al-Kilani, Director, Arab Archives Institute, Jordan
    Nadia Hshem Aloul, President, The National Society for the Enhancement of Freedom and Democracy, Jordan
    Faris Alsaqaf, President, Future Studies Center, Yemen
    Jugnee Amarsanaa, Member, Constitutional Court, Mongolia
    Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations,
    Ion Anton, President, International Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Romania
    Genaro Arriagada, Member of the Board, Banco del Estado de Chile, Chile
    Nwe Aung, European Representative, National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, Germany
    Faiza Azouz, Vice President, Union Nationale de la Femme Tunisienne, Tunisia
    Azyumardi Azra, Rector, State Institute for Islamic Studies, Indonesia
    Sabit Baghirov, President, Entrepreneurship Development Foundation, Azerbaijan
    Nancy Bakir, Director General, Human Rights Department, Prime Ministry, Jordan
    Obede Baloi, Interim Deputy Director for Research, Training and Research Unity on Social Science, University
    Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
    Linas Balsys, Senior Editor, Lithuanian National Radio and Television, Lithuania
    Ned Bandler, Vice Chairman of the Board, Freedom House, USA
    Jean Bandler, Professor of Social Work, New York University, USA
    Bette Bao Lord, Chairman, Freedom House, USA
    Benjamin Barber, Director, The Walt Whitman Center, Rutgers University, USA
    Mieczyslaw Blk, President, Institute for Private Enterprise and Democracy, Poland
    Seilam Bechaev, Vice Chairman of Parliament, Parliament of the Chechen Republic Ichkeriya, Poland
    Bakhytzhamal Bekturganova, President, Association of Sociologists and Politologists, Kazakhstan
    Ali Belhaj, President, Association 2020, Morocco
    Cesar Beltran, Public Affairs Officer, US Embassy - Warsaw, Poland
    Levan Berdzenishvili, Director General, National Library, Georgia
    Judith Bingham, President, Association Tocqueville, France
    Oinihol Bobonazarova, Chief, Tajik Center of Human Rights, Tajikistan
    Henryka Bochniarz, President, Polish Confederation of Private Employers, Poland
    Simone Bodemo, Secretary General, Women's Network for Peace and Democracy, Central African Republic
    Donald Bohler, Vice President for Central Europe, Lockheed Martin, Poland
    John Bohn, Chairman of the Board, Center for International Private Enterprise, USA
    Nathalie Bolgert, Director, PAFPIO, Poland
    John Bolton, Senior Vice President, American Enterprise Institute, USA
    Dmitriy Bondarenko, Coordinator, Civil Initiative Charter 97, Belarus
    Jakub Boratynski, European Program Director, Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
    Robert Borden, Chairman, Bumper Development Corporation, Ltd., Canada
    John Brademas, Chairman, National Endowment for Democracy, USA
    Allan Brewer-Carias, Professor, Central University of Venezuela, Venezuela
    Kay Brophy, Chairperson, Executive Council, Fine Gael, Ireland
    Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Poland
    Alexandru Cantir, President, Committee for Freedom of the Press, Moldova
    Judy Cavanagh, Deputy Minister, Office of the Premier, Canada
    Mikhail Chachkhunashvili, Executive Director,Society Georgia Foundation, Georgia
    King-yuh Chang, Professor and Chairman, Chinese Eurasian Education Foundation, Taiwan
    Eric Chenoweth, Co-Director, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, USA
    Kavi Chongkittavorn, Executive Director, The Nation, Thailand
    Ivan Zvonimir Cicak, Former President, Croatian Helsinki Committee, Croatia
    Wlodzmierz Cimoszewicz, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Poland
    Sean Cleary, Managing Director, Think Tools A.G., Switzerland
    Jose Conde Rodrigues, Socialist International, Portugal
    Timothy Cooper, Ambassador-at-Large, China Democracy Party, USA
    Lynn Costa, Program Coordinator, Center for International Private Enterprise, USA
    Corina Cretu, Member, Scientific Council, Romanian Institute for Social Democratic Studies, Romania
    Nexhat Daci, President, Academy of Science and Arts, Kosovo
    Annette Dahlstrom, Programme Officer, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sweden
    Marek Dobrowski, Professor, CASE Center for Social and Economic Research, Poland
    James Denton, Executive Director, Freedom House, USA
    Antonio Di Pietro, Member, Italian Senate, Italy
    Larry Diamond, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Co-editor, Journal of Democracy, USA
    Nadia Diuk, Senior Program Officer for Europe and New Independent States, National Endowment for Democracy,USA
    Zlatko Dizdarevic, Former Editor, Svijet, Bosnia & Herzegovina
    Ivan Doherty, Director of Political Party Programs, National Democratic Institute, USA
    Jovan Donev, Director, Euro-Balkan Institute, Macedonia
    Peter Eigen, Chairman, Transparency International, Germany
    Jesus Estanislao, Professor, University of Asia and the Pacific, Philippines
    Benjamin Fernandez, President, Fundacion Libre, Paraguay
    John Fox, Director, Washington Office,Society Institute, USA
    William Frej, Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development, Poland
    Paul Freston, Lecturer in Sociology, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil
    Francis Fukuyama, Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA
    Erkin Gadirov, Lecturer in Law, Baku State University, Azerbaijan
    Chhiv Kek Galabru, President, Cambodian League for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights LICADHO, Cambodia
    Aaron Gana, Executive Director, African Centre for Democratic Governance, Nigeria
    Vahid Gaziyev, Director, INAM Center for Pluralism, Azerbaijan
    Bronsilaw Geremek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Poland
    Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy, USA
    Yash Ghai, Professor, University of Hong Kong, China
    Mridula Ghosh, Adviser, United Nations Development Program, Ukraine
    Carolyn Gomes, Chairperson, Jamaicans for Justice, Jamaica
    Zdravko Grebo, Law Center, Bosnia & Herzegovina
    Vesna Grubic, President, Croatian Law Center, Croatia
    Ludmila Gryaznova, Member of the Organizing Committee, Civil Initiative Charter 97, Belarus
    Marian Grynberg, Professor, Vice President of Foundation for Polish Science, Foundation for Polish Science, Poland
    Zoltan Guba, Secretary General, Democracy after Communism Foundation, Hungary
    Habib Guiza, President, Association Club Mohamed Ali de la Culture Ouvriere, Tunisia
    Nasser Hadian, Professor of Political Science, Tehran University, Iran
    Barbara Haig, Director of Programs, National Endowment for Democracy, USA
    Zuhra Halimova, Executive Director,Society Institute, Tajikistan
    Istvan Haller, Program Coordinator, Pro Europa League, Romania
    Heiner Hanggi, Senior Research Fellow, Geneva Center for Security Policy, Switzerland
    Mary Harney, Leader, Progressive Democrats Party, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Ireland
    Bambang Harymurti, Editor in Chief, Tempo, Indonesia
    Istvan Hegedus, Member of the Board, Hungarian News Agency, Hungary
    Keith Henderson, Co-Director, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, American Univerity, USA
    Mara Hernandez Estrada, Coordinator of Mexicans Abroad for the Campaign Committee of Vicente Fox, Partido Accion Nacional, Mexico
    Serhiy Holovaty, President, Ukrainian Legal Foundation, Ukraine
    Bi-Khim Hsiao, Director-Department of International Affairs, Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan
    Hsin-Liang Hsu, President, The Rising People Foundation, Taiwan
    Tom Hudgens, President & CEO, Association to Unite the Democracies, USA
    James Huntley, Vice President, Council for a Community of Democracies, USA
    Nouri Hussein, Secretary General, Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization, Egypt
    Kuri Idrissov, Psychiatrist, Medicine du Mondes, Russia
    Kei Inami, Program Advisor, Biodiversity Network Japan, Japan
    Tolekan Ismailova, Executive Director, Coalition For Democracy and Civil Society, Kyrgyzstan
    Anees Jillani, Natinal Coordinator, SPARC, Pakistan
    Eugen Jurzyca, Director, INEKO, Slovakia
    Suzaina Kadir, Assistant Professor of Political Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Tourpal-Ali Kaimov, Chairman of the Budget Committee, Parliament of the Chechen Republic Ichkeriya, Poland
    Marat Kaiypov, President, Association of Lawyers of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan
    Harry Kamberis, Executive Director, Solidarity Center, USA
    Antoni Kaminski, Chairman, Transparency International, Polish Chapter, Poland
    Adrian Karatnycky, President, Freedom House,
    Nuriddin Karshiboev, President, Tajik National Association of Independent Mass Media, Tajikistan
    Art Kaufman, Project Manager, National Endowment for Democracy, USA
    Hyekyung Kim, Executive Secretary, Global Civic Sharing, Republic of Korea
    Janos Kis, Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, Central European University, Hungary
    Mykola Knyazhytsky, Director, Society Center, Ukraine
    Lena Kolarska-Bobinska, Professor, Institute of Public Affairs, Poland
    Alpha Oumar Konare, President of the Republic of Mali, Mali
    Gralyna Kopinska, Program Director, Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
    Kemal Koprulu, Chairman, Ari Movement, Turkey
    Sergei Kovalyov, Deputy, State Duma of the Russian Federation, Russia
    Jerzy Kozminski, President & CEO, Polish-American Freedom Foundation, Poland
    Ivan Krastev, Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria
    Marcin Krol, Dean, Institute of Applied Social Sciences, Warsaw University, Poland
    Ranjana Kumari, Director, Centre for Social Research, India
    Joanna Kurczewska, Professor, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Poland
    Jacek Kurczewski, Professor, Warsaw University, Poland
    Annette Laborey, Executive Director,Society Institute - Paris, France
    Yolanda Laitano de Suazo, Executive Director, Fundacion Democracia y Desarrollo de Honduras, Honduras
    Agu Laius, Executive Director, Jaan Tonisson Institute, Estonia
    Bolivar Lamounier, Research Director, Sao Paulo Institute for Economic, Social and Political Studies, Brazil
    Chris Landsberg, Center for Policy Studies, South Africa
    Irena Lasota, President, Intstitute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, USA
    Pande Lazarevski, Director, Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research, Macedonia
    Anatoliy Lebedko, President, Euro-Atlantic Association, Belarus
    Elena Leontjeva, President, Lithuanian Free Market Institute, Lithuania
    Shane Levesque, Project Manager, Forum of Federations, Canada
    Gunta Line, Head, Information Center, Naturalization Board of Latvia, Latvia
    Dimon Liu, Executive Director, Committee for Policy Studies, USA
    Winston Lord, Co-Chairman, International Rescue Committee, USA
    David Lowe, Director of External Relations, National Endowment for Democracy, USA
    Helena Luczywo, Member of the Management Board, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
    Ralph Lysyshyn, President, Forum of Federations, Canada
    M'hiri Mahmud, Lawyer, Association Jeune Avocats sans Frontieres, Tunisia
    Rusmir Mahmutcehajic, President, International Forum "Bosnia", Bosnia & Herzegovina
    Mona Makram-Ebeid, President, Association for the Advancement of Education, Egypt
    Riad Malki, General Director, Panorama Center for the Dissemination of Democracy and Community Development,Palestine
    Sergei Markov, Director, Institute of Political Studies, Russia
    Mira Marody, Professor, Warsaw University, Institute of Sociology, Poland
    Miklos Marschall, Executive Director, Transparency International, Germany
    Nurbulat Masanov, Co-Chairman, Forum of Democratic Forces of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
    Tadeusz Mazowiecki, former Special Rapporteur to the Former Yugoslavia, United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Poland
    Catherine McArdle Kelleher, Director, Aspen Institute Berlin, Germany
    Kim Mehmeti, Executive Director, Center for Multicultural Understanding and Cooperation, Macedonia
    Thomas Melia, Vice President of Programs, National Democratic Institute, USA
    Charles Mensa, President, Institute of Economic Affairs, Ghana
    Grigorij Meseznikoc, President, Institute of Public Affairs, Slovakia
    Krzysztof Michalski, Professor, Institute for Human Sciences, Austria
    Adam Michnik, Editor in Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
    Richard Miniter, Editorial Writer, Wall Street Journal Europe, Belgium
    Dorota Mitrus, President, European Institute for Democracy, Poland
    Edmund Mokrzycki, Pro-Rector, Central European University, Poland
    Mpho Molomo, Professor of Sociology, Democracy Research Project, University of Botswana, Botswana
    Barbara-Maria Monheim, President, German-Polish Society for Eastern Europe, Germany
    Cesar Montufar, Director of International Studies Department, Universidad, Andina Simon Bolivar, Ecuador
    Juli Morizawa, Secretary General, Amnesty International Japanese Section, Japan
    Muhamet Mustafa, President, Riinvest Institute for Development Research, Kosovo
    Yvonne Muthien, Consultant, South Africa
    Gerald Nagler, President, Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, Sweden
    Andrew Nagorski, Senior Editor, Newsweek, USA
    Sergiusz Najar, President of the Board, Leopold Kronenberg Foundation, Poland
    Jigjidsuren Namsrai, Mongolian National Democratic Party, Mongolia
    Dazu Nantai, Coordinator of Conflict Mamagement, Institute for Public Policy, Moldova
    Daman Nath Dhungana, Senior Advocate, Nepal Bar Association, Nepal
    Luis Nava Calvillo, Executive Director, Escuela de Capacitacion Civica, Mexico
    Nicolae Negru, Editor-in-Chief, Independent Journalism Center, Moldova
    Aryeh Neier, President,Society Institute, USA
    Hrihoriy Nemyria, Director, Center for European and International Studies, Ukraine
    Kassie Neou, Director and Vice Chairman, Cambodian Institute of Human Rights, Cambodia
    Karl Nerenberg, Senior Editor, Forum of Federations, Canada
    Krzysztof Ners, Deputy Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Poland
    Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, President, Liberal International, and Finance Minister, Belgium
    Vladzimir Nistsiuk, Vice Chairman, International Union of Parliamentary Solidarity, Belarus
    Peter Nizak, Executive Director, Foundation for Development of Democratic Rights, Hungary
    Ghia Nodia, Chairman, Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development, Republic of Georgia
    Eduardo Nolla, Vice Rector, Universidad San Pablo, Spain
    Urszula Nowakowska, Director, Women's Rights Center, Poland
    Marek Nowicki, President, Helsinski Foundation for Human Rights, Poland
    Ayo Obe, President, Civil Liberties Union, Nigeria
    Andrzej Olechowski, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
    Olia Onyshko, Deputy Director, Institute of Reforms, Ukraine
    Uwe Optenhogel, Director, Division for International Dialogue, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany
    Bohdan Osadczuk, Professor, Free University, Germany
    Amos Oz, Author, Israel
    Mark Palmer, Vice Chairman of the Board, Freedom House, USA
    Virgilio Paredes Machado, Director, Center for Political, Economic and Social Studies for Central America, Honduras
    Won Soon Park, Secretary General, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, Republic of Korea
    Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, USA
    Sergei Pavlenko, Vesty, Russia
    Andres Pavon, President, Comite para la Defensa de las Derechos Humanos, Honduras
    Zdravko Pecar, Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Jean Penders, Member of the Supervisory Board, Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, The Netherlands
    Inna Pidluska, Vice President, Center for Independent Political Research, Ukraine
    Vicente Pinto de Andrade, Professor, Universidade Catolica de Angola, Angola
    Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, Member of the Board, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Britain
    Pawel Piskorski, Mayor of the City of Warsaw, Municipality of the City of Warsaw, Poland
    Vitaly Portnikov, Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty, Russia
    Rodger Potocki, Program Officer for East Central Europe, National Endowment for Democracy, USA
    Zef Preci, Executive Director, Albanian Center for Economic Research, Albania
    Zoran Pusic, President, Civic Committee for Human Rights, Croatia
    Xiao Qiang, Executive Director, Human Rights in China, USA
    Gail Rachlin, Spokesperson, U.S. Falun DAFA Information Center, USA
    Anna Radziwill, Chairman of the Board, Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
    M. Rajaretnam, Director, Information and Resource Center, Singapore
    Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, East Timor
    Pauls Raudseps, Managing Editor, Diena, Latvia
    Walter Raymond, Senior Advisor, U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, USA
    Sohrab Razzaghi-Sihrodi, Professor of Political Science, Gilan University, Iran
    Janusz Reiter, President, Center for International Relations, Poland
    Roland Rich, Director, Centre for Democratic Institution, Australia
    John Richardson, President, Council for a Community of Democracies, USA
    Michel Rocard, Former Prime Minister of France, France
    Zbigniew Romaszewski, Senator, Polish Senat - Human Rights and Rule Commission, Poland
    Kertu Ruus, Editor, Foorum Newspaper, Estonia
    Andrzej Rychard, Professor, Polish Academy of Sciences, Central European University, Poland
    Andrzej Sadowski, Vice-President, Adam Smith Research Center, Poland
    Roostam Sadri, Plenipotentiary Representative, Tatarstan in Australia, Australia
    Mohamed Said, Deputy Director, Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Egypt
    Basem Sakijha, Writer, Arab Archives Institute, Jordan
    Dorel Sandor, Director, Center for Political Studies and Comparative Analysis, Romania
    Bengt Save-Soderbergh, Secretary-General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Sweden
    Ming-Te Shih, Legislator, Legislative Yuan, Taiwan
    Zygmunt Skorzynski, President, Poland in Europe Foundation, Poland
    Gary Smith, Executive Director, The American Academy in Berlin, Germany
    Aleksander Smolar, President, Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
    Hadi Soesastro
    , Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia
    Cornelio Sommaruga, Chairman, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian De-mining, Switzerland
    George Soros, Chairman,Society Institute and Soros Fund Management, USA
    Dana Southworth, Program Officer, Center for International Private Enterprise, USA
    Hari Stajner, Director General, Media Center, Yugoslavia
    Krzysztof Stanowski, Foundation for Education for Democracy, Poland
    Alessandra Stoicescu, Antena 1, Romania
    Jacek Strzemieczny, Director, Center for Citizenship Education, Poland
    Nina Stuzhinskaya, President, All-Belarusian Womens' League, Belarus
    John Sullivan, Executive Director, Center for International Private Enterprise, USA
    Veton Surroi, Publisher, Koha Ditore, Kosovo
    Jerzy Szacki, Professor, Warsaw University, Poland
    Piotr Szczepanski, President, Rural Development Foundation, Poland
    Chalida Tajaroensuk, Program Coordinator, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Thailand
    Muborak Tashpulatova, Executive Director, Tashkent Public Education Center, Uzbekistan
    Marc Thiessen, Spokesman, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, USA
    Thomas Tint Swe, Minister of South Asian Affairs, National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, India
    Goce Todoroski, Executive Director, Center for Civic Initiative, Macedonia
    Alejandro Toledo, President, Partido Peru Posible, Peru
    Davis Troy, President, World Citizen Foundation, USA
    Maria Soledad Alvear Valenzuela, Foreign Minister of Chile, Chile
    Fred Van Leeuwen, General Secretary, Education International, Belgium
    Vincuk Viacorka, Chairman, Belarusan Popular Front, Belarus
    Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail, President, National Justice Party, Malaysia
    Jusuf Wanandi, Senior Fellow and Member of the Board, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia
    Jingsheng Wei, President, Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, USA
    Werner Weidenfeld, Member of the Board, Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany
    S. Izetta Wesley, Assistant Secretary General, Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia, Liberia
    Andrew Wilson, Senior Program Officer, Center for International Private Enterprise, USA
    Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski, Professor, Institute of Political Studies, Poland
    Jacek Wojnarowski, Director, Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
    Elizabeth Wong, Secretary General, National Human Rights Society, Malaysia
    Noel Don Wycliff, Editorial Page Editor, Chicago Tribune, USA
    Yogendra Yadav, Director, Institute for Comparative Democracy, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India
    Anatoly Zabolotny, President, Siberian Civic Initiatives Support Center, Russia
    Adlin Zabri, Fellow, Institute of Policy Research, Malaysia
    Ahmad Zakaria, Dean, Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
    Fareed Zakaria, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs, USA
    Jacek Zakowski, Journalist, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
    Victor Zamyatin, Foreign Editor, Den, Ukraine
    Michael Zantovsky, Chair, Committee on Foreign Relations, Defense and Security, Senate of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
    Krzysztof Zanussi, Film Director, Tor Film Production, Poland
    Erping Zhang, Spokesperson, U.S. Falun DAFA Information Center, USA
    Andrzej Ziabicki, Vice President, Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
    Altai Zorig, Director, Channel 25 TV, Mongolia

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