The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and The Republic of Yemen Cosponsored by The United Nations Development Programme and The Government of Japan In Partnership with the Governments of: The Netherlands The United Kingdom The United States And the: Canadian International Development Agency Friedrich Ebert Stiftung International Labour Organization Irish Aid National Endowment for Democracy United States Agency for International Development Westminster Foundation for Democracy World Bank		International Advisory Committee Emerging Democracies Forum Two Yemeni men pose for the camera with their ceremonial daggers. The Emerging Democracies Forum was a project of NDI and the government of Yemen. It was cosponsored by: the United Nations Development Programme and the government of Japan in partnership with the governments of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States, and the Canadian International Development Agency, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the International Labour Organization, Irish Aid, the National Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and the World Bank. Other supporters included: the Arca Foundation, Canadian Occidental Petroleum Yemen, the Occidental Petroleum Company, Yemen Hunt Oil Company and Yemenia Airlines. NDI would like to thank these organizations, governments and corporations. Without their support and involvement, the Forum would not have been possible. [ Introduction ] [ Declaration ] [ Conference Transcripts ] [ Discussion Board ] [ Forum Home ] [ NDI Home ]