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[Webinar] Strengthening Southeast Asia’s democratic health after COVID-19
14 July 2020 @ 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM SMT
FreeLive webinar: Strengthening Southeast Asia’s democratic health after COVID-19
Organized by the Kofi Annan Foundation
According to the V-Dem Institute of Gothenburg University, some governments in Southeast Asia have experienced different levels and forms of democratic backsliding under the cover of pandemic-related emergency measures. Our panelists will present the regional situation and explore ways of restoring, and even invigorating, democracy in Southeast Asia as it emerges from the pandemic.
Moderator: Veronica Pedrosa, journalist from the Philippines
Panel: President Ramos Horta, former President, PM, Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; member of the Kofi Annan Electoral Integrity Initiative Senior Panel
Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, former UN USG; former Executive Secretary of the UN ESCAP; member of the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age (KACEDDA)
Dr Thant Myint-U, Historian; former UN official; Chairman of U Thant House
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