So far the region's attempts at democratic transition have mostly proved halting and messy.
If the elections go as planned, they will mark the country's first successful democratic transition.
The first is supporting democratic transition in African countries engulfed by the Arab Spring.
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We have consistently said that President Assad must lead a democratic transition or get out of the way.
When Gadhafi goes, "decades of provocation will come to an end" and a democratic transition can begin, he said.
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An unprecedented democratic transition took place, but an enormous power vacuum developed as venerable patronage networks dissolved throughout Mexico.
The second will be working to help support democratic transition in countries where autocrats are still clinging to power.
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Security Council Resolution 1973, and their shared desire that a democratic transition in Libya should begin for the Libyan people.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya urged all parties to "join the country's democratic transition, " in a statement issued on Tuesday.
We have to think about what we can do to support a Syrian-led democratic transition that protects the rights of all Syrians.
We also discussed the situation in Syria, where the Syrian people have shown great courage in their demands for a democratic transition.
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These countries' politics can be rather rough-edged, but their democratic transition helped them develop a high-prosperity, high-tech economy of just the sort that Vietnam wants.
And we hope that it will hasten a transition -- a democratic transition in Syria to a government that reflects the will of the Syrian people.
Pakistan on Wednesday announced that elections will be held on 11 May in what will be the first democratic transition between an elected civilian government to another.
"It is the prerogative of Congress to say that our future military aid is going to be conditioned on a democratic transition, " Mr. Posner told reporters in Cairo.
Third: a democratic transition that is peaceful, inclusive and just.
Tunisia is living a democratic transition since 14 January 2011.
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And we support a democratic transition, free and fair elections, and a government that arises out of that process that is responsive to the aspirations of the Libyan people.
It thereby committed itself to sharing power and revenue with foes who are hardly angels themselves, and to a democratic transition that could yet prove a model for the continent.
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Navi Pillay, the U.N. human rights commissioner, called Suu Kyi's release a "positive signal" that the Myanmar authorities are willing to move forward with the serious challenge of democratic transition.
They agreed that U.S. and Turkish teams would remain in close contact on ways that Turkey and the United States can work together to promote a democratic transition in Syria.
And we have actively engaged in the region to support non-violent democratic transition, to support governments that profess and demonstrate support for civil rights of all peoples, both genders and minorities.
If there is a transition and new elections are called for in the coming months, regional leaders will need to play a key role in calling for a peaceful and democratic transition.
India will focus on aiding the democratic transition in Nepal, for example, but it will tread a fine line between preserving its influence there and pushing the new Maoist-dominated government into China's arms.
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South Africa is a vital global partner for the United States, as political leader and economic engine on the continent, and a historic example of democratic transition in Africa and around the world.
Last week, Yemen celebrated Unification Day, which al Qaeda and Hirak have used in the past to challenge the rule of San'a, a threat that still troubles the capital's quest for a peaceful democratic transition.
And in all that we do, we are committed to working with the people of Burma as they shape a future of greater freedom and prosperity future, and continue their national reconciliation and democratic transition.
On September 1st, Mireya Moscoso will take over as the country's president, in what should be the second democratic transition since American troops invaded in 1989 to overthrow the military dictatorship of General Manuel Noriega.
And in the case of Syria, to pressure President Assad to cease the violence against his own people, and to step aside so that the Syrian people can have the democratic transition that they demand and deserve.
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