The International Democratic Union:
Definitions:
Let us begin with History Dictionary on the Religious Right:
A coalition of right-wing Protestant fundamentalist (see fundamentalism) leaders who have become increasingly active in politics since the Supreme Court's 1972 decision in Roe versus Wade. Among its leaders are Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. The Religious Right sponsors a network of Christian bookstores, radio stations, and television evangelists. Opposed to abortion, pornography, and what it views as the marginalizing of religion in American public life, the Religious Right has also championed prayer in the public schools. In the 1980s it gave strong support to President Ronald Reagan.
A coalition of right-wing Protestant fundamentalist (see fundamentalism) leaders who have become increasingly active in politics since the Supreme Court's 1972 decision in Roe versus Wade. Among its leaders are Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. The Religious Right sponsors a network of Christian bookstores, radio stations, and television evangelists. Opposed to abortion, pornography, and what it views as the marginalizing of religion in American public life, the Religious Right has also championed prayer in the public schools. In the 1980s it gave strong support to President Ronald Reagan.
History of the IDU or better still, an autobiography (culled from the secretive IDU website!):
The International Democrat Union (IDU) is a working association of over 80 Conservative, Christian Democrat and like-minded political parties of the centre and centre right.
Formed in 1983, the IDU provides a forum in which Parties holding similar beliefs can come together and exchange views on matters of policy and organisational interest, so that they can learn from each other, act together, establish contacts and speak with one strong voice to promote democracy and centre-right policies around the globe. Founder Members of the IDU included Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, then Vice-President George Bush Sr, Jacques Chirac - now President of France, Chancellor Helmut Kohl and many other Party Leaders.
Our Mission
1. The International Democrat Union (IDU) shall consist of Member Parties of the Americas Democrat Union (ADU); the Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU); the Caribbean Democrat Union (CDU); the Democrat Union of Africa/African Dialogue Group (DUA/ADG); and the European Democrat Union, which have adhered to the IDU Declaration of Principles.
2. The IDU will foster the common philosophy of its Member Parties, establish permanent relations at a bilateral and multilateral level, encourage mutual support and to these ends will provide a forum for the exchange of views and information on matters of interest to all or a considerable number of its Member Parties.
Countries can only develop their full potential if they develop recognising the ideals of liberal democracy, freedom of the individual, and the need for economic growth to be based on individual initiative and free, competitive enterprise economies. The IDU has a clear role in a modern world, where today's idea in one country is tomorrow's policy in another.
Through the IDU, member Parties can exchange policy ideas, assist each other to win the political argument, and to win elections. There are regular meetings of both the full IDU and its Regional Unions and Organisations. The officers of the IDU are elected at Party Leaders' Meetings which are held every three or four years.
At IDU Executive Meetings, briefings are given on local and topical issues, as well as consideration given to applicant parties. Apart from Executive Meetings, the IDU holds annual events such as the Young Leaders Forum, plus projects like the special visit undertaken to Zimbabwe. A major event is also held every four years to coincide with the Republican Convention, the last one being held in August 2004 in New York.
The IDU also organises campaigning seminars for politicians and party workers. These involve exchanges of information on campaign technology, fund-raising techniques, opinion polling, advertising and campaign organisation. The IDU plays an essential role in enabling like-minded, centre-right parties to share experiences in order to achieve electoral success.
Founders:
19 dignitaries attended the meeting that established the IDU held at the Hotel Intercontinental n London on 24th June 1983: Dr Alois Mock (Osterreichische Volkspartei, Austria); Prime-Minister Margaret Thatcher (Conservative Party, Great Britain); Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl (CDU, Federal Republic of Germany); Prime-Minister Franz-Josef Strauss (CSU, Federal Republic of Germany); M Jacques Chirac (Rassemblement Pour la Republique, France); Mr Andrew Peacock (Liberal Party, Australia); M Evangelos Averoff-Tossiza (Nea Demokratia, Greece); Sr Fraga Iribarne (Alianza Popular, Spain); Sr Oscar Alzaga, (Partido Democrata Popular, Spain); Mrs Susanne Wood, National Party, New Zealand); President Clafcos Clerides (Democratic Rally, Cyprus); Mr Ilkka Suominen (Kansallinen Kokoomus, Finland); Sr Lucas Pires (CDS, Portugal); Mr Tasuo Tanaka (Liberal Democrat Party, Japan); Mr Ulf Adelsohn (Moderata Samlingspartiet, Sweden); Mr Erik Nielsen (Progressive Conservative Party, Canada) ;Prime-Minister Poul Schluter (Det Konservative Folkeparti, Denmark); Mr Jo Benkow (Hoyre, Norway); and Mr Frank Fahrenkopf (Republican National Committee, USA).
Members
The IDU has over 80 Member Parties from over 60 countries belonging to itself or one of its Regional Unions. It is the only international organisation of its kind with full members from both Russia and the USA. Many of its members come from democracies newly established during the 1990s.
In addition to full membership of the IDU, parties can also join one of the Regional Unions or the Women's and Youth Organisations under the International Democrat Union umbrella
Regional Unions:
Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU)
P O Box 6004
Kingston
ACT 2604
AUSTRALIA
Contact: Bruce Edwards (Liberal Party, Australia)
Contact e-mail: bruce.edwards@liberal.org.com
Chairman: Ranil Wickremesinghe MP (United National Party, Sri Lanka)
Phone: +612 62 732564
Fax: +612 67 31534
AUSTRALIA
The Liberal Party of Australia
Member: APDU and IDU
PO Box 6004
Kingston
ACT 2604
AUSTRALIA
Party Leader:
Dr Brendan Nelson MP
Contact: Bruce Edwards
Contact e-mail: bruce.edwards@liberal.org.au
Phone: +61 2 6273 2564
Fax: +61 2 6273 1534
Web-site: www.liberal.org.au
Canada
Conservative Party of Canada
Member: APDU, IDU, UPLA Associate Member
1204 - 130 Albert Street
Ottawa
Ontario, K1P 5G4
CANADA
Party Leader: The Right Honourable Stephen J. Harper, P.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Canada
Contact 1: Don Plett (Party President)
Contact e-mail: donplett@conservative.ca
Phone: +1-204-346-4040
Contact 2: Jeff Steiner
Contact e-mail: jdmsteiner@cs.com
Phone: +1 613 755 2000
Fax: +1 613 755 2001
Web-site: www.conservative.ca
CHILE
National Renovation Party
Partido Renovacion Nacional (RN)
Member: APDU, UPLA, IDU
Antonio Varas 454
Providencia
Santiago
CHILE
Contact: Marcelo Muños, International Secretary
Contact e-mail: mmunoz@rn.cl
Party Leader: Carlos Larrain Peña
Phone: +56(2) 373 8740
Fax: +56(2) 373 8709
Web-site: www.rn.cl
EL SALVADOR
Nationalist Republican Alliance
Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA)
Member: UPLA, APDU, IDU
Prolongacion Cl Arce No 2423
Ent 45 y 47 Av
San Salvador
EL SALVADOR
Party Leader: Rodrigo Avila
Contact 1: Dr Oscar Santamaria, Director for International Relations
Contact e-mail: osantamaria@123.com.sv
Phone: +503 2264 0246
Fax: +503 2264 0247
Contact 2: Gerardo Balzaretti, Centre for Political Studies
Contact email: gbalzaretti@liza.com.sv
Phone: +503 260 4400
Fax: +503 260 5918
Web-site: www.upla.net/arena
Fiji
Soqosoqo Duavata Ni Lewenivanua (SDL)
Member: APDU
P O Box 17889
Suva
FIJI
Party Leader: Laisenia Qarase
Tel: +679 330 1544
Fax: +679 330 7606
KOREA
The Grand National Party
Member: APDU and IDU
14-34, Yoido-dong
Yeongdeungpo-Gu
Seoul, Korea 150-748
Party Leader: Chairman Kang Jae-sup
Contact: International Affairs Bureau
Contact e-mail: ir@hannara.or.kr
Phone: +82 2 3786 3342/3
Fax: +82 2 3786 3344
Web-site: www.hannara.or.ko
MONGOLIA
Democratic Party
Member: APDU, IDU Associate Member
Central Post POB 1085
Ulaanbaatar
MONGOLIA
Phone: +976 11 324221
Fax: +976 11 312810
E-mail: mndp@mongol.net
Party Leader: The Hon Norov Altankhuyag
First Deputy Prime Minister
Contact: International Secretary Ariunzayat Yunren
E-mail: ariunzayat@yahoo.com
Phone: +976-11-322055
Phone 2: +976-11-324221
Web-site: www.demparty.mn
Nepal
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP)
Member: APDU
National Democratic Party
Post Box 12981
Charumati Bahal, Chabel, Kathmandu
NEPAL
Party Leader: Hon Pashupati S J B Rana, MP
Contact: Mr Jayant Chand, International Relations Department
E-mail: rppnepal@enet.com.np
Tel: + 977 1 4471 071 or + 977 1 4414 037
Fax: + 977 1 4423 384
Web-site: www.rppnepal.org
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand National Party (NZNP)
Member: APDU and IDU
P O Box 1155
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
Party Leader: John Key MP
Chairman: Mrs. Judy Kirk
Contact:
Mark Oldershaw, General Manager
E-mail: mark.oldershaw@national.org.nz
Phone: +64 800 255 266
Fax: +64 800 255 277
Web-site: www.national.org.nz
Republic of China
Kuomintang (KMT)
Member: APDU, IDU
Kuomintang (KMT)
No 232, Bade Road, Sec. 2
Taipei City, Taiwan
REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Contact: Tu-Hsiao Chen
Contact e-mail: nyla3689@hotmail.com
Party Leader: Poh-hsiung Wu, Chairman
Phone: +886 2 877 28 323
Fax: +886 2 877 28 343
Web-site: http://www.kmt.org.tw
RUSSIA
Union of Right Forces
Member: APDU and IDU
15, Malaya Andronyevskaya Str
Moscow 109544
RUSSIA
Party Leader: Nikita Yu. Belykh
Deputy Leader: Leonid Gozman
Contact: Leonid Gozman\Arkady Murashev
Contact e-mail: gozman@rao.elektra.ru
E-post 2: chief@clcp.ru
Phone: +7 095 710 40 09
Fax: +7 095 710 40 77
Web-site: http://www.sps.ru/party/
SRI LANKA
United National Party (UNP)
Member: APDU and IDU
"Sirikotha"
400 Kotte Road
Pita Kotte
Sri Jayawardenepura
SRI LANKA
Party Leader: Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe MP
Contact: Ravi Karunanayake MP, International Secretary
Contact e-mail: ravik@eureka.lk
Phone: +94 1 500 941
Fax: +94 1 500 972
Web-site: www.unp.org.com
UNITED STATES
Republican National Committee
Member: APDU and IDU
Dwight Eisenhower Republican Centre
310 First Street SE
Washington DC 20003
USA
Web-site: www.rnc.org
RNC Chairman: Mike Duncan
Contact: Elizabeth Dugan, Vice President
International Republican Institute
1225 Eye Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20005
USA
Tel: +1 (202) 408-9450
Fax: +1 (202) 408-9462
E-mail: edugan@iri.org
Web-site: www.iri.org
1 - 4 September: Republican National Convention
The IDU together with Mercury Public Affairs, in cooperation with the IRI, will organize an International Leaders Program at the 2008 Republican National Convention. The 2008 Convention will take place in Minneapolis-Saint Paul between 1 and 4 September 2008. Participants should plan for arrival on August 31 in the afternoon/evening, and may plan for departure from the morning of September 5.
This event is now fully booked, and there is a waiting-list of nominated participants from IDU parties.
The IDU Executive Committee will hold a meeting in connection with the Convention, on Thursday 4 September. Further details will be posted in the Members Login area as the date approaches.
For general background and updates on the Republican Convention - see this link: http://www.gopconvention.com/
Member parties in Africa:
Angola
Uniäo Democrática Nacional de Angola (UDN)
Member: DUA Observer
Democratic Republic Kongo
Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS)
Member of: DUA Observer
Ghana
Ghana New Patriotic party
Member: DUA, IDU
Private Mail Bag, Accra- North
Accra
GHANA
Party Leader: President John A Kufuor
Chairman: Peter Mac Manu
Contact e-mail: pmacmanu@hotmail.com
Tel 1: +233 21 220 987
Tel 2: +233 21 222 420
Fax: +233 21 240 663
Web-site: Under construction
Ivory Coast
Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI-RDA)
Member: DUA Member
05 BP
36 Abidjan 05
Ivory Coast
Party Leader: Henri Konan Bédié
Secretary General: Prof. Alphonse Djedje Mady
Contact: Hon. Dongo Kouassi
E-mail: nkwanta.fr@yahoo.fr
Tel: +225 2244 1363
Tel: +225 0784 7781
Contact: Jean-Marie Kakou Gervais, International Affairs
E-mail: kgervais@afnet.net
Tel: +225 2241 7658
Mobile: +225 07 63 33 07
Lesotho
Basotho National Party (BNP)
Member: DUA Observer
Liberia
Unity Party
Member: DUA Observer
Party Leader: Dr. Charles Clarke
Contact: Dr. Charles Clarke
Fax: +231 77512528
E-mail: Dr.Clarke-Chairup@yahoo.com
Mozambique
Mozambique National Resistance
Member: DUA, IDU Associate Member
Resistencia Nacional de Mocambique (RENAMO)
Ahmed Sekou Toure Avenue 657
Maputo City
MOZAMBIQUE
Contact: Eduardo Namburete, Foreign Affairs Advisor
Party Leader: Afonso Dhlakama
E-mail: namburete@yahoo.com
Tel: +258 827 404 740
Tel 2: +258 828 397 110
Fax: +258 21 497 288
Web-site: www.renamo.org.mz
Namibia
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia (DTA)
Member: DUA, IDU Associate Member
PO Box 173
Windhoek 9000
NAMIBIA
Party Leader: Hon. Katutuire Kaura
Contact 1: Tjeripo Hoveka
E-mail: t.hoveka@parliament.gov.na
Contact 2: Secretary General Alois Gende
E-mail: gende@iway.com
Tel: +264 61 238 530
Tel 2: +264 61 288 2543 (Office in the Parliament)
Fax: +264 61 226 845
Niger
Mouvement National de la Societé de Dévelopement (MNSD)
Member: DUA Observer
Seychelles
Democratic Party
Member: DUA Member
PO Box 269
Mahe
Seychelles
Party Leader: Paul Chow
Contact email: info@dpseychelles.com
Tel: +248 224 916
Fax: +248 324 456
Sierra Leone
Movement for Progress Party (MOP)
Member: DUA Member
PO Box 600
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Party Leader: Zainab Bangura
Contact: Secretary General Amadu Kamara
E-mail: emilecarr@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +232 766 24 514
Fax: +232 22 227 941
Tanzania
Chama Cha Demokrasia Na Maendeleo (CHADEMA)
Member: DUA, IDU Associate Member
P.O. Box 31191
Dar Es Salaam
TANZANIA
Party Leader: Hon Freeman A. Mbowe
Contact: John Mnyika, Acting Director for International Relations
Contact e-mail: info@chadema.net and mnyika@yahoo.com
Contact 2: Secretary General Dr Slaa Willibroad MP
Contact email: slaa@chadema.net
Contact 3: John Mrema, Assistant for International Relations
Contact email: mrema@chadema.net
Tel: +255 22 266 88 66
Fax: +255 22 266 88 66
Web-site: www.chadema.net
Uganda
(1) Democratic Party (DP)
Member: DUA Member
PO Box 7098
Kampala, Uganda
Party Leader: Hon John Ssebaana Kizito
Contact: Dr Bayigga Michael Lulume
E-mail: democrat_s@yahoo.com
(2) Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)
Member: DUA Member
PO Box 26928
Kampala, Uganda
Party Leader: Dr Kizza Besigye
Tel: +256 772-402851 / +256 752 373 647
Contact: International Secretary Okumu Ronald Reagan
E-mail: rro@email.com; orr_p9@hotmail.com
Web-site: www.fdcuganda.org
Visiting address: Plot No 109, Entebbe Road - Najjanankumbi
IDU OFFICERS
1. IDU Party Leaders' Meeting: John Howard re-elected Chairman
The IDU Party Leaders, at their meeting in Paris on June 26, 2008, unanimously re-elected
the Hon John Howard as Chairman, and elected the IDU officers for the coming three years.
On behalf of IDU's Party Leaders' Meeting the Chairman issued statements on a number of
important international issues; concerning Zimbabwe, Cuba, Nicaragua, Belarus, Venezuela
and Sri Lanka (see points 2 – 7 below).
The IDU Officers for 2008 – 2011:
Chairman
The Hon John HOWARD AC, Liberal Party of Australia
Deputy Chairman
The Honourable Jan PETERSEN MP, EDU Co–Chairman, Conservative Party,
Norway
Assistant Chairmen
The Right Honourable William HAGUE MP PC, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
The Honourable Shane L. STONE AC PGDK QC, Liberal Party of Australia
Vice Chairmen
The Honourable Kostas KARAMANLIS MP, EDU Co-Chairman, Prime Minister of
Greece, New Democracy Party, Greece
The Honourable Dr. Ivo SANADER MP, Prime Minister, Republic of Croatia,
Croatian Democratic Union
The Honourable Bendt BENDTSEN MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Conservative Party,
Denmark
The Honourable Dr. Pin-Kung CHIANG, Vice Chairman, Kuomintang (KMT),
Taiwan
Chairman Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)
The Honourable Stockwell DAY MP PC, Conservative Party, Canada, Minister of
Public Safety
The Honourable Alexander DOWNER MP, Liberal Party of Australia
The Honourable Lourdes FLORES, Party Leader, Partido Social Cristiano, Peru
The Honourable Leonid GOZMAN, Union of Right Forces, Russia
The Honourable Peter HINTZE MdB, CDU Germany, Parliamentary State Secretary
for Industry and Science
The Honourable Erwin HUBER MdL, CSU Germany, Party Chairman, Minister of
State for Finance
The Honourable Carlos LARRAIN, Party Leader, National Renovation Party, Chile
The Honourable Peter MACMANU, Chairman DUA, New Patriotic Party, Ghana
The Honourable Etibar MAMMADOV, Party Leader, the National Independence
Party of Azerbaijan (NIPA)
The Honourable Wilfried MARTENS, Chairman EPP, Belgium
The Honourable Mariano RAJOY MP, Party Leader, Partido Popular, Spain
The Honourable Marco SOLARES MP, Honorary Chairman UPLA, The Unionista
Party, Guatemala
The Honourable Ranil WICKREMESINGHE MP, Chairman APDU, United National
Party, Sri Lanka
Treasurer
The Lord ASHCROFT KCMG, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
Political Auditor
Mrs. Eva GUSTAVSSON, Head of International Office, Moderate Party Sweden
Executive Secretary
Mr. Eirik MOEN, the Conservative Party of Norway
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