They can provide one of the safeguards for honest elections in both emerging and established democracies.

Major emerging democracies like Brazil, India, and South Africa have been especially disappointing in their response to the Arab Spring.

Of the countries in central and eastern Europe, the Czech Republic has one of the most developed industrialized economies.

It is well known that even in mature democracies, State institutions are not always well equipped to face complex emerging challenges.

That global policy weak in terms of cooperation and perverse in terms of trade   will end by undermining the emerging democracies in developing countries.

No international organization does a better job of organizing credible, honest elections in emerging democracies than the United Nations.

We also support the Secretary General's proposal to develop greater capacity in the United Nations to assist emerging democracies, and we agree with his suggestions on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of human rights treaty bodies.

When Democracies Collide

People in the Middle East and other emerging democracies have definitely changed from their recent experiences, and their expectations have been raised.

The first relates to strengthening democracies.

But today s young democracies have to do everything much faster. They don t have the luxury of restricting suffrage to property owners, or to more educated citizens.

The Great Democracies New Harmony

Similar surveys are envisaged for other countries in Africa, the outcomes of which are intended to serve as a basis for the formulation of action oriented programmes to address areas of tension between the civilian population and the military, particularly in emerging democracies in Africa.

Some of these democracies are very young and fragile.

But the dangers that Ukraine faces are serious, stemming from problems particularly fragile institutions and economic dislocation that are common to every young post communist democracy, as well as from some special problems of its own.

This is exactly the malady of young democracies.

Contemporary democracies base their legitimacy on ensuring both political and social rights.

After the rise of the democracy in Athens, other city states founded democracies.

Liberal democracies in the West today are struggling to avoid and in doing so are exacerbating a crisis of identity, which puts the existing social contract at risk and threatens their implosion.

The first is that democracies have, as a matter of historical record, never fought each other.

It is for the same reason that my Government supports the Community of Democracies and participates in its activities.

Circulated in accordance with a decision taken by the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) at its 1st meeting, on 29 September 2005.

The differences between the social democracies and the US show up strongly in category after category.

This term appeared to define a running evolution within democracies during the 21st century.

However the notion that Estonia or Latvia are ethnic democracies has been rejected by some commentators.

Political parties play a vital role in democracies and perform valuable political and social functions.

Korean Democratic Women's Union, Korea during 24 29 September, 2000.

Korean Democratic Women's Union, Korea during 17 21 June 2000.

Indeed, Haiti can become an inspiration for many other fragile and impoverished new democracies.

But, by and large, the developed democracies are characterized by competition between large parties on the center left and center right.

And it should never, never, empower brutal dictatorships to sit in judgement of responsible democracies.

Initiatives such as the Community of Democracies may contribute to these goals.

People in the Middle East and other emerging democracies have definitely changed from their recent experiences, and their expectations have been raised. But they need to understand the challenges they face in building a new society.

Mr. President, Iranians are dying for basic human rights and for basic democracy.

(Indeed, economists hardly complain when a country s trade liberalization harms competitors.)

More such campaigns are necessary to sustain new and fragile democracies in the developing countries.

So the heads of our democracies are treated like a famous person living next door.

So it seems that democracies are damned if they ban and damned if they do not ban.

Young democracies can be cruel their voters are often as unforgiving as political opponents.

As a founding member of the Community of Democracies, the Republic of Korea strongly supports the idea of establishing and strengthening democratic institutions.

Nor is its effect on established democracies straightforward. While democracies have arguably become more vibrant, their politics have become more volatile.

Recognizing that, while all democracies share common features, there is no one universal model of democracy,

Liberal democracies and open societies have traditionally relied on a fine balance of these three forms of power.

The more democracies there are, the more conflicts of interests and differences are likely to emerge between democratic countries.

WASHINGTON In most advanced democracies, a large center right party competes with a large center left party.