U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED AT MEETING OF ADVISORY BOARD OF UN DEMOCRACY FUND

2006-03-07

The Secretary-General established UNDEF in July 2005. It was welcomed by Heads of State and Government at the September 2005 World Summit, at which they reaffirmed that democracy is a universal value and that there is no single model of democracy. And it has now received pledges for more than $41 million from 17 countries from various regions of the world.

The following statement was issued Monday by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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