US embassy cable - 02AMMAN5905

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Identifier:	02AMMAN5905
Wikileaks:	View 02AMMAN5905 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Amman
Created:	2002-10-10 12:11:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	AMGT XF JO
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS AMMAN 005905 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AMGT, XF, JO 
SUBJECT: PROPOSED DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE 
 
 
1.  POST CONCURS WITH THE IDEA OF A REGIONAL DEMOCRACY 
CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS HOW BEST TO PROMOTE THE ISSUES RAISED 
IN REFTEL, WITH THE GOAL OF BETTER FOCUSING OUR REGIONAL 
EFFORTS AND OF ACHIEVING GREATER REGIONAL COORDINATION 
BETWEEN EMBASSIES AND WITH THE VARIOUS WASHINGTON AGENCIES. 
WHILE THE SITUATION IN EACH COUNTRY IS UNIQUE, NONE OPERATES 
IN TOTAL ISOLATION FROM ITS NEIGHBORS, AND THERE ARE 
CONSTANTS WHERE A REGIONAL APPROACH CAN BE BENEFICIAL. 
 
2.  POST IS INTERESTED IN EXPLORING BEST PRACTICES, AS WELL 
AS COORDINATING APPROACHES TO THE MEPI INITIATIVE.  ISSUES 
OF MOST RELEVANCE HERE WOULD BE JUDICIAL REFORM, PRESS 
FREEDOMS, THE ROLE OF NGOS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND EDUCATION, 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS A CATALYST FOR DEMOCRACY, AND 
ELECTIONS TRAINING. 
 
GNEHM