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Overview Summary International Standards: The Paris Principles Important Factors Examining the Record in Africa Innovative and Positive Contributions by Commissions Regional Iniatives The Role Of The International Community Conclusion Recommendations Abbreviations Acknowledgements |
Funding
Members of the CBDH say that its work has been severely hampered by a lack of funds. As a matter of principle, the CBDH refuses to accept government subsidies,44 although in the early 1990s, it was so impoverished that it requested financial assistance from the transitional administration of Nicephore Soglo, but unsuccessfully as there was no budget provision for the CBDH.45 In 1991, the CBDH received, more than U.S.$60,000 from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a U.S. foundation, for its civic education programs, election monitoring, human rights observing, and administrative expenses. However, in 1993, NED requested arefund of unspent grant funds and subsequently decided not to provide further funding due to what it considered the CBDH's inactivity.46 In 1997, however, the CBDH received funding from UNDP for a three-year program on the "promotion of human rights and the consolidation of the rule of law."47 |
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