The rule of law and democracy were essential for promoting human rights.

Yet the free flow of information and ideas was vital to effective democracy and essential to economic development and growth.

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The interna corporis are essential components of the concept of democracy and sovereignty in any assembly.

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

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It also shows that democracy and freedom are two essential conditions for economic, environmental and cultural development.

Freedom of expression, assembly and association are essential conditions for democracy and for a democratic election process.

Democracy demanded equality and in that respect it was essential that excluded social groups, particularly women, be empowered.

The Special Rapporteur wishes to recall that democracy and the rule of law are essential for the fundamental well being of Belarus.

Democracy went hand in hand with development while democracy provided the best political framework for the safeguarding of human rights, efforts to ensure social and economic rights were also essential to enable people to live in dignity.

Recognizing that good governance, democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights are essential to achieving sustainable development and economic growth,

Recognizing that good governance, democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights are essential to achieving sustainable development and economic growth,

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Access to justice is an essential condition for the effective implementation of human rights, as well as for democracy and the rule of law.

The development of democracy in all countries makes it essential and the solidarity among the French speaking peoples requires it.

Democracy and, by extension, respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of the human person were essential conditions for sustainable development.

Indeed, since the end of the Second World War, constant efforts have been essential to put an end to human rights violations and to lack of respect for democracy.

(c) The importance of deepening democracy beyond free and fair elections, to include other elements essential to the development of a truly transparent, responsible, accountable and participatory government and

(c) The importance of deepening democracy beyond free and fair elections, to include other elements essential to the development of a truly transparent, responsible, accountable and participatory government and

(c) The importance of deepening democracy beyond free and fair elections, to include other elements essential to the development of a truly transparent, responsible, accountable and participatory government and

The basis for our approach is the fact that development of labour relations is an essential precondition for achievement of social peace and establishment of the concept of social democracy as an extension of political democracy.

The document is short and to the point, built around a single, focused message, which is that parliaments have an essential role to play to bridge the democracy gap in international relations.

These countries now require painful, far reaching reforms to attain economic prosperity, a goal that presupposes cultural change as well. In Christianity, the Reformation was essential to forging democracy and capitalism.

In its view, freedom of expression was essential to the viability of any democracy and it was worth noting that there were 30 privately owned newspapers in the country.

We also reaffirm that while democracies share common features, there is no single model of democracy, that it does not belong to any country or region and that education in human rights and democracy is essential for participation in the democratic process and governance.

To achieve the goal of making democracy a universal tool, five main areas, I believe, should be underlined. The first is, political parties, movements and civil society, which are indeed all essential elements to any healthy democracy. Furthermore, trade unions, non governmental organizations and other associations can also be major forces in the move to democracy. The second area is that of electoral assistance.

Affirming also that the active participation of women, on equal terms with men, at all levels of decision making is essential to the achievement of equality, sustainable development, peace and democracy,

61. The representative informed the Committee that Slovakia had adopted essential guarantees of democracy, human rights and civil liberties, as well as the international agreements to which Czechoslovakia had been party.

Recognizing that respect for human rights, the rule of law, democracy and good governance are essential to achieving sustainable development and economic growth, and affirming that the establishment of a genuine democratic government in Myanmar is essential for the realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms,

Recognizing that good governance, democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights are essential to achieving sustainable development and economic growth, and affirming that the establishment of a genuine democratic government in Myanmar is essential for the realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms,

We reaffirm that democracy is a universal value, implying the will of peoples to express and decide freely their own political system, that it does not belong to any country or region and that education in human rights and democracy is essential for participation in the democratic process and governance.

Promotion of public participation and the formation of well informed public opinion is essential in the process of consolidation of democracy and the maintenance of democratic values.

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, required a strong response. But they also led to suspension of the critical process so essential to a democracy a full and fair discussion of the issues.

As a new democracy, Mongolia believes that all these principles are essential in promoting or consolidating democracy. Mongolia agrees with the conclusion that democracy is not a model to be copied or imposed, but rather a goal to be attained, and that the pace at which democratization can proceed is dependent on a variety of political, economic, social and cultural factors proper to the circumstances of a particular culture or society.

However, the democracy fund should be used to support countries' home grown institutions of democracy and not to import foreign brands of democracy and to use them as a conditionality for accessing the democracy fund.

Mahmoud Abbas s election in Palestine and the forthcoming vote in Iraq on January 30 have pushed the question of Islam s compatibility with democracy to the center of the world s agenda. Sheik Dia al Shakarchi, a leading Shi ite theologian, argues that democracy is not only compatible with Islam, but is essential to it.

Without this right, elections may not add up to democracy. The checks and balances that unions provide are essential in the workplace, but they are even more important in sustaining fledgling democratic regimes.

It is therefore essential to instil in education at all levels a sense of justice and common purpose, and also the idea of service, collective welfare and sacrifice, which are inherent in democracy.

Regardless of countries' positions on the Iraq war, it is now essential to do all we can, based on the clear existing mandates of the United Nations, to see that peace, democracy and human rights triumph.

32. UNICEF, recognizing the essential value of the involvement of civil society in democracy, has promoted decentralization processes and the participation of communities at all levels of decision making.