UN Democracy Caucus

UN Democracy Caucus

"The Campaign for a United Nations Democracy Caucus is dedicated to the promotion and fulfillment of the principles of democracy and human rights embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Warsaw Declaration of the Community of Democracies. Towards that end, the Campaign seeks the permanent establishment of a UN Democracy Caucus as a group of democratic nations committed to strengthening the UN’s ability to promote democracy and human rights. The Campaign is particularly focused on the composition and activities of the UN Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council, as well as decisions made by the UN General Assembly and Security Council." 

One of three reports listed on their website includes:

"Enhancing U.S. Leadership at the United Nations

"Report of an Independent Task Force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and Freedom House, chaired by David Dreier and Lee H. Hamilton, with Project Directors Lee Feinstein and Adrian Karatnycky." 

NGO Coalition Members
Coordinated by:
 * Democracy Coalition Project (www.demcoalition.org)
 * Freedom House (www.freedomhouse.org)
 * Transnational Radical Party (www.radicalparty.org)

Others who have joined the coalition include:

 * American Bar Association (www.abanet.org)
 * American Jewish Committee (www.ajc.org)
 * Better World Campaign (www.betterworldfund.org)
 * Bolivian-American Chamber of Commerce (www.bolivia-us.org)
 * Carter Center (www.cartercenter.org)
 * Centre for Peace & Developm. Initiatives Pakistan (www.cpdi-pakistan.org)
 * Church Women United (www.churchwomen.org)
 * Citizens for Global Solutions (www.globalsolutions.org)
 * Council for a Community of Democracies (www.ccd21.org)
 * Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba (www.canf.org)
 * Fund for Peace (www.fundforpeace.org)
 * Henry Jackson Society (www.henryjacksonsociety.org)
 * Human Rights First (www.humanrightsfirst.org)
 * Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org)
 * International Crisis Group (www.crisisgroup.org)
 * International Federation of Human Rights (www.fidh.org)
 * International League for Human Rights (www.ilhr.org)
 * Jacob Blaustein Institute (www.ajc.org)
 * National Society for Human Rights of Namibia (www.nshr.org.na)
 * Open Society Policy Center (www.opensocietypolicycenter.org)
 * People's Movement for Human Rights Learning (www.pdhre.org)
 * Rights Australia Inc (www.rightsaustralia.org.au)
 * Somali Youth for Peace and Democracy (www.sypd.org)
 * UN Association of the United States of America (www.unausa.org)
 * UN Foundation (www.unfoundation.org)
 * UN Watch (www.unwatch.org)
 * Women's Edge Coalition (www.womensedge.org)
 * World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (www.wango.org)
 * World Federalist Movement (www.wfm.org)
 * World Hmong People's Congress

Individual Endorsements
Source
 * Madeleine Albright - former U.S. Secretary of State
 * Mohamed Al-Tayeb - Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of the Shura Council, Yemen
 * Quadir Amiryar - Professor, George Washington University
 * Genaro Arriagada - former Minister of the Presidency, Chile
 * Alfredo Biondi - Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Forza Italia, Italy
 * Emma Bonino - Member of the European Parliament, Transnational Radical Party, Italy
 * John Brademas - President Emeritus, New York University
 * Daniel Buck - United States of America
 * Enver Can - President of the Eastern Turkestan National Congress, Germany
 * Giuliana Caporale, United States of America
 * Cecilia Cortes - Executive Director, Fundacion del Servicio Exterior para la Paz y la Democracia, Costa Rica
 * Larry Diamond - Hoover Institute, Stanford University
 * Daman Nath Dhungana - Former Speaker House of Representatives, Nepal
 * David Dreier - U.S. House of Representatives
 * Yuri Dzhibladze - President, Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, Russia
 * Penelope Faulkner - Vice President Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, France
 * Lee Feinstein - Former Principal Dep. Director Policy Planning, Department of State
 * Bronislaw Geremek - former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
 * Gustavo Gorriti - Journalist, Peru
 * Morton Halperin - Director, Open Society Policy Center
 * Lee Hamilton - Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
 * Amy Harrington - United States of America
 * Sheik Hasina - Opposition Leader, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh
 * Ali Hassan - Political Development Forum, Yemen
 * Ciping Huan - Executive Director, Wei Jinsheng Foundation, China
 * Tolekan Ismailova - Executive Director, Public Association “Civil Society against corruption”, Kyrgyz Republic
 * Wei Jinsheng - President of the Overseas Democracy Coalition, China
 * Max Kampelman - former Counselor, U.S. Department of State
 * Louise Kantrow - President, International League for Human Rights
 * Jeane J. Kirkpatrick - former U.S. Representative to the United Nations
 * Shakodi Fazili Kitshindja - Foundation for the Strengthening of Capacities of Populations, Democratic Republic of Congo
 * Kok Ksor - President of the Montagnard Foundation
 * Don Kraus - Vice President, Citizens for Global Solutions
 * Michael Ledeen - American Enterprise Institute
 * Antonio Maccanico - Member of the Italian Parliament, Margherita
 * Riad Malki - Director, Panorama Center for the dissemination of information, Palestine
 * Adam Melaku - Program Director, Ethiopian Human Rights Council, Ethiopia
 * Antoine Messarra - Lebanese Foundation for Civil Peace, Lebanon
 * Augusto N. Miclat, Jr. - Executive Director, Initiatives for International Dialogue, Philippines
 * Ilona Mihaies - Executive President, Euroregional Center for Democracy, Romania
 * Baramy Mitthivong - United Lao Action Center, Laos
 * Alfred H. Moses - Chairman, United Nations Watch
 * Hryhoriy Nemyria - Chairman, International Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine
 * Marco Pannella - Member of the European Parliament, Transnational Radical Party, Italy
 * Mark Palmer - Vice Chairman, Freedom House
 * Robert A. Pastor - Vice President of International Affairs, American University
 * Tsering Penpa - Tibetan Parliamentary Policy Research Center, Tibet
 * Sonia Picado - former Justice of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Costa Rica
 * Surin Pitsuwan - Member of Parliament, Thailand
 * Thomas Pojar - Director, People in Need Foundation, Czech Republic
 * Keith R. Purcell - United States of America
 * Kenneth Roth - Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
 * Richard Rowson - President, Council for a Community of Democracies
 * Charles Sampford - Foundation Professor of Law, Griffith University, Australia
 * Andrea Sanhueza - Executive Director, Participa, Chile
 * Jourchi Slaheddine - Vice President, Tunisian League of Human Rights, Tunisia
 * Nancy Soderberg - Former U.S. Ambassador
 * Kem Sokha - Cambodian Center for Human Rights, Cambodia
 * George Soros - Chairman, Open Society Institute
 * Sergio Stanzani - President of the Transnational Radical Party, Italy
 * Debbie Stothard - Alternative Asean Network Coordinator, Burma
 * Sonja L. Taylor - Professor, George Mason University
 * Arnold Trebach - Professor, Chairman of the International Antiprohibitionist League
 * Vo Van Ai - President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, Vietnam
 * Jusuf Wanandi - Chairman, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia
 * Jennifer Windsor - Executive Director, Freedom House
 * Ahmed Ziauddin - Convenor, Asian Network for the ICC, Bangladesh