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Key documents
Arab Human Development Reports
These reports, prepared by the UN Development Programme, provide a
basis for much of the debate about Arab reform. The
2002 report identified three "deficits" in the Arab
world - a freedom deficit, a knowledge deficit, and a deficit in women's
empowerment. Available in English, Arabic and French.
See also background commentary
(The Economist, 4 July 2002).
Greater
Middle East Partnership
Text of the "working paper" circulated by the United
States in preparation for the G-8 summit scheduled for June 2004.
Other documents
Arranged in order of
publication, with the most recent documents first. The
Alexandria statement
Issued by a group of Arab organisations at the end of a
conference, "Arab Reform Issues: Vision and Implementation",
held on 12-14 March 2004 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in
Egypt. Also available at arabreformforum.com
in Arabic and English. Mubarak:
Arab reform
Opening speech by President Hosni Mubarak to the "Arab
reform conference" in Alexandria, Egypt, on 12 March 2004
(see above).
Iraq:
interim
constitution
Signed 8 March, 2004. Full text in English The
Sana'a Declaration
Issued by the Inter-Governmental Regional Conference on Democracy,
Human Rights and the Role of the International Criminal Court,
held in Sana'a, Yemen, on
10-12 January 2004. The
Doha Declaration for Democracy and Reform
Issued at the end of a two-day conference in Qatar, 4 June 2004. Freedom
in Iraq and the Middle East
Speech by President George Bush, 6 November 2003.
Imperial
dreams: can the Middle
East be transformed?
Transcript of a discussion
organised by the Middle East Policy Council, Washington (3 October, 2003)
Charter
to reform the Arab stand
An initiative by Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, published on 13
January 2003, intended for presentation to an Arab summit.
National
Reform Document
A document seeking reform which was mailed to Crown Prince
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in January 2003. The prince later met signatories at his
palace.
Civil
Democratic Islam: Partners, Resources, and Strategies
A report by Cheryl Benard for Rand Corporation, 2003
The
transition to democracy in Iraq
Document issued following a conference of the Iraqi
opposition, 12 December 2002. (PDF file)
Articles
Arab
Reform Bulletin
A monthly bulletin covering various countries in the region.
(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) In
pursuit of Arab reform
A collection of articles and interviews from al-Jazeera's
English-language website Is
the U.S. retarding Arab reform?
by Rami Khouri
(Daily Star, May
18, 2005) Democracy
and reform
Articles on change in the Middle East, by Brian Whitaker of The
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