Tuesday, September 15, 2009

International Democracy Day

The world is celebrated the democracy day, underline the importance of democracy, highlight the challenges it faces and project opportunities it offers.

United Nations declared 15th of September as International Day of Democracy on November 8, 2007 and invites all member states, organisations, non-governmental organisations and individuals to commemorate the International Day of Democracy in an appropriate manner that contributes to raising public awareness.

The theme of the 2009 International Day of Democracy is “Democracy and political tolerance”. Political tolerance is a central tenet of democracy and is essential to the functioning of parliaments. The IPU is organizing a series of activities around this theme and has encouraged parliaments to mark the 2009 International Day of Democracy through activities devoted to the promotion of political tolerance.

1 comment:

RennyBA's Terella said...

A great contribution to a very important day - for the whole world!

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