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Democracy and self-determination serve the overall goal of enabling human security and human rights.

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

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Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order exploring the adverse impacts of military expenditures on the realization of a democratic and equitable international order .

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The United Nations is the best hope to spare humanity from the barbarity of war, from the senseless death, destruction and dislocation it brings about.

Democracy is not the end product, but the means to the end, which is the enjoyment of human rights by all.

Peace is not the silence of cemeteries, but the song of social justice.

Participation is a hallmark of democratic governance.

Without peace and the rule of law, civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights cannot be enjoyed, when killing, maiming and mutual poisoning prevail.

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