April 1995

Volume 6, Issue 2

Documents on Democracy

Excerpts from: the “Plan of Action” of the Summit of the Americas; the inaugural speech Mozambican president Joaquim Alberto Chissano; appeals for reform of the National People’s Congress by democracy advocates in China; a speech by former U.S. ambassador to Kenya Smith Hempstone. 

News and Notes

Conference on Democracy Held in Zagreb; Post-Soviet State and Regional Leaders Meet; Political Parties in Modern Democracies Examined; New African Journal on Democracy; Conference Focuses on Ethnic Conflict in Russia; Forecasting the Future of Brazil and Mexico.

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Bulgaria, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Niger, Uzbekistan.