From: jonesme@rferl.org
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003
Subject: INVITATION: A Democratic Future for Central Asia and the
Caucasus?
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036
tel: (202) 457-6900 * fax: (202) 457-6992
http://www.rferl.org
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
invites you to a briefing by
Eric Rudenshiold
Head of Democratization Section,
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
A Democratic Future for Central Asia and the Caucasus?
Thursday, January 30, 2003
8:30AM-10:00AM
in Conference Room A (4th Floor) at
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
1201 Connecticut Ave NW
[entrance on Rhode Island Ave NW, next to St. Matthew's Cathedral]
As the new states of Central Asia and the Caucasus enter their second
decades of national independence, they face new economic, political and
security challenges that will test their stated resolve to develop as
democratic states. Eric Rudenshiold, who heads up OSCE democracy
assistance programs that are currently active in more than 20 countries,
is a frequent visitor to these key regions, meeting with political elites
as well as non-governmental organization representatives and human rights
activists.
Rudenshiold, who holds a Doctorate in Russian History from the University
of Virginia, has been actively involved with this region for almost a
decade; in the mid-1990's he was the International Republican Institute
Representative in Kazakhstan. Before his current position as the head of
the ODIHR Democratization Section, where he works with an international
staff of twenty, Rudenshiold served on the staff of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, January 29, 2003 by email to <dc-response@rferl.org>, by telephone to Melody Jones at
(202) 457-6949, or by fax to (202) 457-6992.
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