These efforts will center on five areas of work crucial to the functioning of transparent, accountable governance: In the coming year, the United States is planning to provide up to $424.4 million toward the Presidential Initiative, working with Congress and subject to the availability of appropriations. Government efforts to defend, sustain, and grow democratic resilience with likeminded governmental and non-governmental partners. The Presidential Initiative for Democratic Renewal represents a significant, targeted expansion of U.S. Democracies also make stronger partners for the United States, as we work together to address the world’s most pressing international challenges, from combating the climate crisis to preventing the next pandemic.
Not only is this the right thing to do, it is in the United States’ national security interest, because strong, rights-respecting democracies are more peaceful, prosperous, and stable. The United States has long worked to strengthen democracy and advance respect for human rights. Government’s significant, ongoing work to bolster democracy and defend human rights globally. Government commitment toward achieving the Summit’s objectives, today President Biden announced the establishment of the Presidential Initiative for Democratic Renewal, a landmark set of policy and foreign assistance initiatives that build upon the U.S. Today, President Biden opened the first-ever Summit for Democracy, a forum for leaders from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing democracies in the 21st century. “In the face of the sustained and alarming challenges to democracy and universal human rights around the world, more than ever, democracy needs champions.”
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