2001 NED Democracy Award honors a Hero of Human Rights and...
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Vicente Fox, the President of Mexico, received the National Endowment for Democracy's 2001 Annual Democracy Award. The NED Board of Directors chose to honor Fox in recognition of his historic election to Mexico's highest office, ending more than seven decades of single-party rule. NED views the honor as a tribute to the people of Mexico for the change they embraced by choosing a new path and working toward a more open and more democratic future for their country.
2001 Democracy Service Medal Presented to John Brademas,...
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The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) presented its Democracy Service Medal to John Brademas, Fred Iklé, Richard Lugar and Stephen Solarz in recognition of their nine years of service on the NED Board of Directors, and for their outstanding contributions to the cause of democracy. The presentation took place at a reception held in the Mansfield Room of the U.S. Capitol.
2001 Democracy Service Medal Recipient Bios
John Brademas has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy since 1993. President Emeritus of New York University, John was NYU’s President from 1981 to 1992....
Making Democracy Work: Accountability &; Transparency
Welcoming Remarks at the Inaugural Conference of the Asian Center for Democratic Development by Carl Gershman.
2000 NED Democracy Award honors Heroes of Human Rights and...
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The Endowment presented its 2000 Democracy Award to Veton Surroi, the editor and publisher of Koha Ditore, the most widely read Albanian language daily in Kosovo, and Natasa Kandic, head of the Belgrade-based human rights organization, the Humanitarian Law Center, which has been documenting human rights violations in Yugoslavia since 1992.
1999 Democracy Service Medal Presented to Alexandr Vondra...
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Czech and Slovak representatives joined members of Congress, friends of NED, and representatives of the international community on Capitol Hill October 20 to celebrate and reflect on the 10th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that ended communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Czech Ambassador to the United States Alexandr Vondra and Slovak Ambassador to the United States Martin Bútora were awarded NED's Democracy Service Medal for their critical roles in the successful revolution, and in the subsequent transition to democracy.
1999 Democracy Award
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On May 25, Nigeria's Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of more than 60 Nigerian civic organizations, received the 1999 Democracy Award.
1999 Democracy Service Medal Recipient Bios
Czech and Slovak representatives joined members of Congress, friends of NED, and representatives of the international community on Capitol Hill October 20 to celebrate and reflect on the 10th anniversary of...
We Should Welcome Taiwan’s Democratization
Remarks given at the "Two Decades of US-Taiwan Relations" Conference sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center and the American Institute in Taiwan by Carl Gershman.
Carl Gershman’s Statement to the Subcommittee on International Operations...
Remarks by Carl Gershman, PresidentThe National Endowment for Democracy Chairman Smith, Congresswoman McKinney, and members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for offering me this opportunity to appear before you...
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