FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 5, 2014
Contacts:
Tbilisi: Irina Rekhviashvili, [email protected], +995 599 780208
Washington: Kathy Gest, [email protected], 202-728-5535
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2, 2014
Contacts:
Tbilisi: Irina Rekhviashvili, [email protected], +995 599 780208
Washington: Kathy Gest, [email protected], 202-728-5535
It is our hope that the security of the IDPs is at the top of the agenda of both the government and rebel forces to ensure that humanitarian agencies are able to provide assistance without any obstruction or fear for their safety. The onset of the rainy season remains our major concern because it threatens the lives of IDPs. The first heavy rainfall resulted in flooding and the collapse of temporary shelters of IDPs at many camps across the nation.
WASHINGTON, DC—In stark defiance of the threat of violence, Afghan voters went to the polls in apparent record numbers April 5 in presidential and provincial council elections that could mark the first democratic transfer of power in the nation’s history.
WASHINGTON, DC—The National Democratic Institute (NDI) will field a pre-election assessment mission for the May 25 presidential election in Ukraine.
The mission, which will be in Ukraine April 7-11, seeks to demonstrate the interest of the international community in the development of the country’s democratic political process and offer an impartial assessment of the political environment.
Tirana, Albania—Focus group research conducted by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in December 2013 and released today shows the public mood as negative, shaped by poor economic conditions. Unemployment and corruption top citizen concerns. There is an undercurrent of cautious optimism for reform--if elected leaders reach out to citizens and engage them meaningfully in public policy decisions.
WASHINGTON, DC—The National Democratic Institute (NDI) announced today that it will award its 2014 Madeleine K. Albright Grant to Aswat Nisaa (Women’s Voices) of Tunisia, an organization of Tunisian women and men created after the 2011 revolution to give women a greater role in the country’s political life and democratic transition.
Monday, 27 January 2014, Juba – The South Sudanese Network for Democracy and Elections (SSuNDE) strongly appreciates the effort of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), supported by the African Union (AU), for having endlessly and humanely committed itself to standing with the people of South Sudan to see to it that peace continues to prevail in this new nation without the use of arms.
TBILISI – Minister of Defense Irakli Alasania and the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili are the most popular government leaders in Georgia with a 72 percent approval rating each, while 61 percent rate the Georgian Dream Coalition as the “party” closest to them, according to the findings of a public opinion survey released here today by the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
