The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government.

A commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Frost-Solomon Task Force, which provided assistance from the U.S. Congress to new parliaments in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union from 1990 to 1996, will be held in Warsaw June 7.

The event is sponsored by the Senate and Sejm of Poland and the House Democracy Partnership (HDP), a successor organization to the Frost-Solomon Task Force.

Wednesday, June 16 at 2 pm

Presentations by:
Traci Cook, NDI interim resident director, Juba, Sudan
Pat Merloe, NDI senior advisor for elections
Ans Zwerver, NDI resident director, Khartoum, Sudan
Keith Jennings, NDI regional director, Southern and East Africa (Moderator)

Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek and former U.S. Representative Vin Weber, R-Minn., will lead a discussion on strengthening democracy and human rights globally at the National Press Club on Tuesday, June 29 at 2:30 pm.  Katty Kay, Washington correspondent for BBC World News America, will moderate the panel discussion.