History and Mission

TAGS:: community of democracies

Community of Democracies is a global intergovernmental coalition of democratic countries, with the goal of promoting democratic rules and strengthening democratic norms and institutions around the world.

Community of Democracies was founded in 2000 during a Ministerial Conference in Warsaw. The conference was the idea and initiative of the then Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, prof. Bronisław Geremek and the former U.S. Secretary of State, dr. Madeleine Albright. In 2000 in Warsaw ministerial delegations from 106 countries from all around the world signed the final declaration Toward the Community of Democracies, naming values which constitute democracy. The aim of the declaration was to demonstrate methods of support to those countries which strive for freedom and democracy.

Community of Democracies is an important global platform for exchange of experiences and consultations toward building and strengthening of democratic order inside the countries as well as in the international system. The members of the Community of Democracies are countries who meet democratic standards worked out and adopted at Community’s summits in Warsaw in 2000 and in Seoul in 2002.

Warsaw Declaration