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The fragility of freedom and how to preserve it was one of the themes explored at the 10th anniversary meeting of the Community of Democracies (CoD), a global coalition of democratic countries, meeting July 2-4 in Krakow, Poland.
NDI Chairman Madeleine K. Albright, who as U.S. secretary of state was an initiator of the organization along with the late Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, returned to Poland for the gathering. In 2000 in Warsaw, ministerial delegations from 106 countries signed a declaration, "Toward the Community of Democracies," with the aim of demonstrating methods of support to countries striving for democracy and freedom.
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NDI has worked in the Russian Federation since the early 1990s to assist political parties and civic organizations seeking to share experiences with their international counterparts. NDI has helped political parties, civic groups, and legislative bodies reach out to citizens and civic organizations to involve them in the political process.
NDI maintains an office in Moscow and has conducted activities in St. Petersburg, Astrakhan, Yaroslavl, Krasnodar, Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk, Saratov, Samara, Kaliningrad and Nizhnii Novgorod, among other regions.
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