The newly-established United Nations Democracy Fund has been given a boost from two of the world's largest democracies - India and America.
President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have co-sponsored a fund-raising event on the margins of the UN World Summit. The Fund was launched by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in July, at the African Union Summit in Libya. It seeks to help countries emerging from a violent past to establish democracy and others to strengthen it.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the launch of UN Democracy Fund with US President George W Bush and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in New York on Thursday.
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