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Table of Contents
  • About this Report

  • Conference Agenda

  • Session 1: Assessing Elections: How Free and Fair?

  • Session 2: Prospects for Democracy in Nigeria

  • Luncheon Address

  • Conference Panelists

  • Award Presentation Agenda

  • Remarks by Congressman Benjamin Gilman

  • Award Presentation by Congressman Donald Payne

  • Award Acceptance Speech by Clement Nwankwo
  • Welcome and Introduction
    I. William Zartman, SAIS
    Marc F. Plattner, International Forum for Democratic Studies

    Session I
    Assessing the Elections: How Free and Fair?

    Chair:
    I. William Zartman, SAIS

    Panelists:
    Chris Fomunyoh, National Democratic Institute (NDI)

    Robert LaGamma, Carter Center

    Gwendolyn Mikell, Georgetown University

    Lloyd Pierson, International Republican Institute (IRI)

    Session II
    Prospects for Democracy in Nigeria

    Chair:
    Larry Diamond, International Forum for Democratic Studies

    Panelists:
    Peter Lewis, The American University

    Clement Nwankwo, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG)

    Peter Ekeh, SUNY, Buffalo

    Rotimi Suberu, University of Ibadan (Nigeria)

    Luncheon and Address

    Introduction:
    Carl Gershman, National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

    Speaker:
    Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ)
    U.S. House of Representatives