The prophets of supra national multiculturalism thus reject a federal democracy.

Democracy is compatible with national sovereignty only if we restrict globalization.

The report stressed the importance of inclusiveness and regretted that the National Convention does not include representatives from the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy.

(d) To cease the ongoing harassment of the National League for Democracy and other political parties and allow the reopening of the offices of the National League for Democracy throughout the country

(b) To immediately and unconditionally release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, other leaders of the National League for Democracy and members of the National League for Democracy detained on or after 30 May 2003 and to allow them to play a full role in bringing about national reconciliation and the transition towards democracy

The National League for Democracy, which won the majority of seats in the 1990 elections, did not join the reconvened National Convention.

Indeed, the National Endowment for Democracy in the US describes some countries as electoral dictatorships.

Multiparty democracy was introduced and has been maintained, with local, regional and national elections held regularly.

(e) The continuing restrictions placed on the National League for Democracy and other political parties which prevented them from participating in the National Convention

National reconciliation Presiding over the transition from apartheid minority rule to a multicultural democracy, Mandela saw national reconciliation as the primary task of his presidency.

Concerted national and international action was therefore required to preserve the foundations of peace, justice and democracy.

However, by themselves, democracy and good national policies and programmes would be inadequate to ensure successful development.

(e) The continuing restrictions placed on the National League for Democracy and other political parties which prevented them from participating in the recently reconvened National Convention

Those that did attend included six ethnic nationality parties Kokang Democracy and Unity Party, Union Kayin League, Union Pa O National Organization, Mro or Khami National Solidarity Organization, Lahu National Development Party and Wa National Development Party.

That is where my political trilemma begins to bite We cannot have globalization, democracy, and national sovereignty simultaneously.

That is where my political trilemma begins to bite We cannot have globalization, democracy, and national sovereignty simultaneously.

I invite our people to the squares and airports to stand up for our democracy and national will.

In national elections, successful electoral fraud can have the effect of a coup d'état or corruption of democracy.

France will continue to support the people of Iraq on the path of national reconciliation, democracy and reconstruction.

It is now necessary to show that democracy is the best path for Palestinians to attain their national goals.

(c) The closure of offices of the National League for Democracy throughout the country and the increased surveillance and imprisonment of members and supporters of the National League for Democracy and other political organizations, as well as the continuing detentions, including of prisoners whose sentences have expired

And, as the cradle of the world s first democracy, Greece needs other symbols of national renewal than scepters and robes.

This authority, the technocrats claim, in turn is part of a system of national and supra national checks and balances which, while not resembling a national democracy, would reliably prevent despotism from taking root in Brussels.

All told, MINUGUA spanned four civilian Administrations and was present through three national elections that contributed, cumulatively, to consolidating democracy and to cementing the peace accords within the national agenda.

In the light of those threats to democracy, we have harnessed all our available resources under national legislation and international law.

The projects will contribute to the building of national, regional and global capacity for democracy and the rule of the law.

We renew our commitment to support democracy at the national, regional and international levels by strengthening countries' capacities to implement the principles and practices of democracy at the national, regional and international levels and resolve to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations to assist Member States upon their request.

(h) To release all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally, including National League for Democracy leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Tin Oo, and Shan Nationalities League for Democracy leader Khun Htun Oo and other Shan leaders, and to allow their full participation in a genuinely inclusive process of national reconciliation

From Christian Democracy to Muslim Democracy?

India s government cannot be blamed for deciding that its national interests in Burma are more important than standing up for democracy there.

The Secretary General accepts that Myanmar faces complex and difficult challenges in its transition to democracy and its quest for national reconciliation.

But, in the process of laying claim to Iran s oil, subverting its democracy, and jeopardizing its national security, the US and Britain committed a much graver sin the wounding of Iranians national pride.

Recalling the commitment to promote national and global economic systems based on the principles of justice, equity, democracy, participation, transparency, accountability and inclusion,

In Europe, where national economic failure once led to the collapse of democracy itself, people are now asking if it could happen again.

Is it democracy with adjectives, such as managed democracy, illiberal democracy, or electoral democracy? Only a few pundits stubbornly adhere to this approach.

Recalling also the commitment to promote national and global economic systems based on the principles of justice, equity, democracy, participation, transparency, accountability and inclusion,

America s national politics is so poisoned by provincial partisanship especially among Republicans, who have hated Obama from the beginning that democracy itself looks damaged.

They believed that aggressive promotion of democracy abroad was not only moral, and in the American tradition, but in the national interest as well.

This was an important signal that those elected to the National Assembly understood that democracy does not mean merely the will of the majority.

India is a democracy, and Pakistan a wayward democracy.

(c) To request the High Commissioner and the international community to continue to work closely with national protection institutions, including the National Human Rights Commission, the National Commission for Democracy and civil society organizations such as the National Forum on Human Rights, in monitoring the promotion and protection of human rights

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(d) The absence of progress towards genuine democratic reform, including the measures hindering representatives of the National League for Democracy and other political parties from participating in an effective and meaningful manner in the National Convention

(d) The systematic and consistent harassment and intimidation of members of the National League for Democracy by members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association