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International Reports 10/2007


Another Chance for the Orange Camp? One more Change of Government | Rumania’s Foreign Policy and Its Contribution towards the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy | The Light and Dark Side of Reform | The Opposition in Venezuela – an Alternative to Chávez? | Cuba and the Human Rights - An Executive Summary

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  • Editorial

    „Menschenrechte sind unteilbar. Die CDU wird auch künftig ihre Stimme erheben, wenn Demokratie, Freiheit, Rechtsstaatlichkeit und Minderheitenrechte in Gefahr sind. Menschenrechte und Grundfreiheiten müssen in aller Welt gegenüber dem Souveränitätsprinzip Vorrang haben.“ Mit dieser Aussage endet der Entwurf des neuen CDU-Grundsatzprogramms, in welchem der weltweiten Beachtung der Menschenrechte überaus große Bedeutung beigemessen wird. Grundlage dieses eindeutigen Bekenntnisses zum festen Eintreten für die Verwirklichung der Menschenrechte ist das christliche Menschenbild. Dem Menschen kommt als „imago dei“ allein dank seines Daseins Menschenwürde zu. Damit wird die so begründete Ehre und Würde eines jeden Menschen zum zentralen Orientierungspunkt politischen Handelns.

    by Gerhard Wahlers

  • Another Chance for the Orange Camp? One more Change of Government

    Erneuter Machtwechsel nach vorgezogenen Parlamentswahlen in der Ukraine.

    Not even eighteen months had passed since the last parliamentary elections in Ukraine when the parliament and the president of this east European country agreed on new elections.

    by Juri Durkot

  • Rumania’s Foreign Policy and Its Contribution towards the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy

    After the downfall of communism, Rumania’s foreign policy aimed at two things – the country’s integration into the Euro-Atlantic security system and its accession to the European Union.

    by Ionel Nicu Sava

  • The Light and Dark Side of Reform

    One of the key points of the reform programme of Mexico’s government is the reformulation of the electoral legislation.

    by Frank Priess

  • The Opposition in Venezuela – an Alternative to Chávez?

    Once again, Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez Frías held on to power late in 2006 by winning 63 percent of the votes cast in an election that was recognised as basically clean and peaceful by both the OAS and the EU.

    by Hubert Gehring, Johanna Hartung

  • Cuba and the Human Rights - Executive Summary

    Over the last few years, there has been no change regarding the protection and enforcement of human rights in Cuba.

    by Peter Weiß

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Editor

Dr. Gerhard Wahlers

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0177-7521

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