B. Promotion of representative democracy

But not just that also democracy, parliament, the idea of representation, the idea of equal citizenship.

The Age of Authoritarian Democracy

Rather than restoring trust in democratic institutions, the transparency movement could accelerate the transformation of democratic politics into the management of mistrust. In that case, one could imagine the replacement of representative democracy with political regimes that limit citizen control to the executive.

Its Government is unitary, republican, democratic and representative.

II. Consolidation of democracy and institutional modernization

The Nicaraguan State is a democratic, participatory and representative Republic.

From a populist perspective, this makes perfect sense Why should they accept checks on their power if they represent the authentic will of the people? Populists can live with representative democracy what they cannot accept is political pluralism and the notion of legitimate opposition.

11. The promotion of representative democracy is an area in which IPU has developed considerable expertise through its permanent programmes.

That same year, the General Assembly adopted a resolution on promoting and consolidating democracy.20 More than 100 countries have now signed the Warsaw Declaration of the Community of Democracies (see A 55 328, annex I), and in 2002 that Community endorsed the Seoul Plan of Action (see A 57 618, annex I), which listed the essential elements of representative democracy and set forth a range of measures to promote it.

Regimes based on the denial of individual rights had been replaced by representative democracy and economic liberalization in many countries.

In this connection, the expert called attention to three optimizing constitutional conditions for representative democracy, namely negative freedom (liberty), the rule of law, and non centralization.

In the Commonwealth we reaffirm our conviction that gender equality is a fundamental premise in achieving representative democracy.

They then attempted to upset the balance of power, an essential principal of representative democracy in the inter American system.

A three year programme, Monitoring Democracy (1997 1999), to raise democratic awareness among future generations and to recommend a system of democracy suitable for Lebanon, was announced by the Joseph and Laure Moghaizel Association in October.

One example was the fact that it participated in the national legislature (the National Assembly and the Senate) without any legal restrictions whatsoever.

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

The so called representative democracy usually presented candidates from two parties which were ideologically the same, and which both upheld colonialism.

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

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

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

However, in a democratic society governed by law, the representative authorities remain under the control of citizens and are consequently required to work for progress and growth in a peaceful environment.

Voters who support populist movements do so because they believe that current elites fail truly to represent them. They are not against representative democracy as such they just want different representatives people whom they consider morally pure.

The people of the Republic of Moldova and Georgia affirm their strong support for the principles and values of democracy, recognizing representative democracy to be the most sound model of fair and effective governance.

Mr. Pak Gil Yon (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) On behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, I would like to make the following statement with regard to draft resolution A 60 L.13.

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 Commonwealth works with member States to build the necessary capacity for democratic elections and governance systems and to ensure that member countries seek to achieve representative democracies that include women, men, young persons and politically marginalized groups.

They got instant democracy in the 1990s elections without checks and balances.

The Acting President Draft resolution IV is entitled Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea .

Second, we need to appreciate the special and innovative nature of the democracy created by Western European elites after 1945. In light of the totalitarian experience, they stopped identifying democracy with parliamentary sovereignty the classic interpretation of modern representative democracy everywhere but in the United States.

Under the system of territorial representation based on plurality, ethnic minorities were not adequately represented in Parliament.

Mr. Choe Su Hon (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) (spoke in Korean English text furnished by the delegation) On behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, please allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Citizens and Democracy

However, in 1995 the NLD unilaterally boycotted the process and withdrew its delegates.

Mr. Pak (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), speaking on a point of order, asked the Chairman to remind the representative of New Zealand that the official name of his country was not North Korea but Democratic People's Republic of Korea and that he should respect that official name.

Participants in civil societies are progressively agreeing on such norms as diplomatic languages and systems of representation and democratic governance.

What it needs is to institutionalize that freedom by building a modern state to replace the antiquated tsarist system. It also needs a modern civil society to consolidate its multi ethnic post imperial population.

It further noted that after the lifting of restrictions placed on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the position and attitude of the NLD changed, internal as well as foreign pressure ultimately having led to the departure of NLD delegates from the National Convention.

The high turnout of voters suggested a strong commitment on the part of the people of Sri Lanka to the system of parliamentary democracy and to the holding of free and fair elections as a means of selecting their representatives to parliament.

Legislative framework. Major laws for the conduct of elections to the National and Provincial Assemblies are the Representation of the People Act, 1976 and the Representation of the People (Conduct of Election) Rules, 1977.

Following a statement by the representative of the Lao People s Democratic Republic, the Committee adopted the draft resolution.

27. Mr. Choe Myong Nam (Democratic People s Republic of Korea) said that, although his delegation had not opposed the draft resolution, that did not mean that it fully endorsed it.

27. Respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, democratic and effective institutions, combating corruption, transparent, representative and accountable governance, popular participation, an independent judiciary, the rule of law and civil peace are among the indispensable foundations for development.

However multi member constituencies under the system of proportional representation make it possible for ethnic minorities, including small ethnic groups, to elect their representatives to Parliament.

57. Statements were made by the representatives of Tunisia and the Democratic People apos s Republic of Korea. Annex I