SBY PRESIDENCY

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened the Sixth Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy at Shangri-La Hotel here Monday.

In the three-day meeting, the president is also scheduled to deliver a keynote speech about efforts to build democracy before 625 participants comprising activists and academicians from 110 countries. The meeting will discuss about cooperation among countries to develop democracy in the world.

The Washington DC-based National Endowment for Democracy (NED) initiated the non-governmental effort by holding a global Assembly in New Delhi, India, in February 1999 to strengthen democracy where it is weak, reform and invigorate democracy even where it is longstanding, and to bolster pro-democracy groups in countries that have not yet entered a process of democratic transition.(KOMPAS)