Ambassador Aponte has also been a strong voice for democratic governance throughout the region.
World Radio day recognizes the critical role of radio in development, through its contribution to media pluralism and democratic governance.
Friday's agreement and the end of the ECOWAS sanctions brought fresh hope this weekend that Mali would return to democratic governance.
During the 300 years between the Renaissance and the Industrial Age--years of astounding advances in science, art, literature and democratic governance--the GWP per capita grew only 20%.
The report recommends that organizations working on justice and democratic governance work more directly with development organizations, for example advising them on the political implications of their work.
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Konji Sebati (Permanent Delegate of South Africa to UNESCO) strongly supported the view of freedom of information as a fundamental right central to democratic governance, empowerment, socio-economic development, geo-political understanding and tolerance.
As the UN administration works on establishing standards of locally-run democratic governance and the rule of law, the last thing it wants is a return to the instability that was a hallmark of its first few years in Kosovo.
Indeed, it should be noted that in the course of the current biennium (2012-13), UNESCO has provided (and will continue to do so in 2013) similar support to civil society organizations in Africa, working to promote peaceful and constructive participation in electoral politics and democratic governance - especially of youth.
The High Level Meeting with the 2012 Presidential Candidates under the theme, Promoting Peaceful Elections and Justice: Taking a Stand against Electoral Violence, Impunity and Injustice, was jointly convened by the Manhyia Palace, home of the Asantehene, and the National Peace Council, and facilitated by the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG).
Perhaps international institutions should start closer to home by applying democratic principles in their own governance structures.
Media and information literacy (MIL) empowers citizens with skills to become the centre of the knowledge society and the democratic, development and good governance processes.
In democratic societies, that means transparent governance and informed participation by citizens.
Nor can successful governance take place if presidential and Democratic Party rhetoric consistently portrays loyal-opposition leaders as having devious or extremist motives.
The treasury points to the example of Ghana, which only last year completed its first democratic transfer of presidential power to an opposition party: better governance is meant to be one of the principal tests of suitability for American aid.
The other award of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy goes to Collectif Alpha Ujuvi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for its programme, Peaceful Coexistence of Communities and Good Governance in North Kivu.
Similarly, governance has deteriorated, usually substantially, in most of the poorest-performing countries, although both the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sudan have made some headway.
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