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The United States and India: Moving Forward in Global Partnership
As with any major transformation, it will take some time to fully realize the changes we have begun to implement in the US-India relationship. But I can assure you today that President Bush and his entire Administration hold a common vision with Prime Minister Vajpayee, a vision founded on certain bedrock values: democratic principles, respect for individual freedom, the rule of law, and peaceful state-to-state relations. We also share a number of converging national interests: combating international terrorism, slowing the spread of weapons of mass destruction, stopping the trafficking of drugs and human beings, and promoting peace and freedom. Working in concert with the United States, India's power and potential can bring us all closer to President Bush's goal of building, as he has said, "a world where the great powers compete in peace instead of preparing for war." ... [Read More]
South Asia
The United States supports Afghanistan’s effort to develop as a nation that respects human rights and conducts free and fair parliamentary elections as outlined under its new Constitution. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul focused on strengthening the reach of the central Government to provide the basis for the rule of law through its Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration programs through training and capacity building of the national police, judiciary and numerous other ministries. The U.S. human rights and democracy strategy assists the Government of Afghanistan in reforming and rebuilding legitimate national institutions and infrastructure, including rebuilding judicial institutions and the rule of law and supporting the elections process, and civic participation. ... [Read More]
Remarks Delivered by Under Secretary Dobriansky to the Community of Democracies on Behalf of Secretary Powell
In Central and Eastern Europe, the nations which have not yet joined NATO and the European Union are making impressive strides toward meeting the high standards of membership, which include the firm embrace of democracy, the rule of law and economic reform. ... One generation ago -- just one generation -- our community would have numbered only about 40 countries. Only one generation ago, only three of the 10 members now in our Convening Group were democracies -- India, Portugal and the United States. Only one generation ago, Poland, the country co-chairing this Roundtable, was under a Communist regime, martial law and the threat of Soviet invasion. Only one generation ago, our host country, South Korea, was under military rule and its now-President was a prisoner of conscience. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: G-7 Committed to Fighting Global Poverty, Terrorist Financing
The finance officials said they looked forward to consolidating and building on international financial system reforms already under way, such as improved surveillance, collective action clauses, limits on exceptional access, and the use of mechanisms like grants to avoid heavy debt burdens. ... (Statement of G-7 Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors) (990) ... Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven (G-7) most industrialized countries affirmed their commitment to fight global poverty and terrorist financing in a statement following their February 6-7 meeting in Boca Raton, Florida. ... [Read More]
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