YEMEN REITERATES COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY

NEW, YORK, Sep. 25 (Saba) – Foreign minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi reiterated on Friday Yemen's commitment to democracy and working together with the democratic community and taking part in its various activities.

In the meeting of the emerging democratic states held at the U.N. headquarters in New York on the margins of the 64th U.N. General Assembly, he said that Yemen appreciates support from foreign countries to promote its democracy.

In his address as a representative for an emerging democratic state, he brought up the beginnings of the emerging democracies that started in 1995 and laid foundation for international partnership to establish the democratic nations.

Democracy may fail if a state's democratic system, talking about those countries facing obstacles to promote democracy, dose not have democratic institutions that can protect democracy, urging further support for such countries.

Al-Qirbi furthermore, highlighted dangers facing democracy in many countries, saying among the dangers are the absence of comprehensive development, stressing the need for economic and administrative reforms as well as building democratic institutions as he said that terrorism is the enemy of democracy, but not the armed forces.

Poverty and unemployment help the people lack zeal for the democracy principles, he said, adding to deal with these dangers there should be support and effective mechanism for the emerging democracies.