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Burma VJ Nominated for Best Documentary for the Oscars 2010
Anders Østergaard’s documentary, Burma VJ, has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. The film presents a rare inside look at the uprising in Burma through the cameras of the independent media organization that told the story at great personal risk, NED grantee Democratic Voice of Burma. :: MORE

Dalai Lama Honored with NED Democracy Service Medal
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) presented His Holiness the Dalai Lama with the Democracy Service Medal in recognition of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s commitment to advancing the principles of democracy and human dignity. ::more

The Dalai Lama's principled pursuit of democracy
NED President Carl Gershman writes in the February 16 Washington Post about the Dalai Lama's efforts to achieve democracy and autonomy for the Tibetan people. ::more

Hume, Khalilzad, and Nathan Join NED Board of Directors
Annenberg Fellow Ellen Hume, Khalilzad Associates President and CEO Zalmay Khalilzad, and Columbia University Professor Andrew J. Nathan have joined the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).  All three were elected for a three-year term on January 15, 2010. :: MORE

Journal of Democracy Marks 20th Anniversary with Discussion of “Democracy’s Past and Future”
A discussion of Democracy’s Past and Future moderated by Foreign Policy Magazine editor Moises Naim, and featuring panelists Francis Fukuyama, Ivan Krastev, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner will mark the publication of the Journal of Democracy’s 20th anniversary issue. :: MORE

Middle Eastern Democrats and their Vision of the Future
The dilemmas of reconciling security and human rights, stability and reform, and external and internal drivers for change were the dominant themes running through a conference on Middle East democracy on November 18.  House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman, and Egyptian democrat Ayman Nour were leading speakers at the conference organized by NED, NDI and IRI. :: MORE