Cyprus represented at Community of Democracies Conference

Cyprus Permanent Representative at the UN Andreas Mavroyiannis represented, on behalf of Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, the Republic of Cyprus at 4th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies, which took place in Bamako, Mali, November 14-17, 2007.

The Community of Democracies (CD) is an intergovernmental organization of democracies and democratizing countries with a stated commitment to strengthening and deepening democratic norms and practices worldwide.

The Ministerial Conference in Mali mainly addressed the relation between democracy and development.

After three-day consultations and negotiations, the Conference adopted a declaration on the ministerial consensus of the Community of Democracies for Democracy, development and poverty reduction.