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27-544: It described itself as "a liberal party defending people's freedom to shape their own lives". Latvian Way was a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party . Latvian Way was founded on 25 September 1993, by a group of former activists of Popular Front of Latvia and Latvian exiles who had returned to Latvia after it regained independence. In its first election in 1993, Latvian Way won 32.4% of popular vote and became

54-442: A strong sense of international solidarity. The aims of Liberal International are also set out in a series of seven manifestos, written between 1946 and 1997, and are furthered by a variety of bodies including a near-yearly conference for liberal parties and individuals from around the world. The bureau of Liberal International is elected every 18 months by the delegates of the congress. The 14th president of Liberal International

81-734: Is Hakima el Haite of the Mouvement Populaire (Morocco), is a former Minister of Environment, UN climate champion, and climate scientist. Madam El Haite succeeded Dr Juli Minoves , formerly Andorra's foreign minister and representative to the United Nations . Former Presidents include Hans Van Baalen MEP, John, Lord Alderdice , Dutch politician and former European Commissioner Frits Bolkestein , German politician Otto Graf Lambsdorff , and Spain's first democratically elected prime minister after Francoist Spain , Adolfo Suárez . The secretary-general of Liberal International

108-626: Is Gordon Mackay, a former Member of the National Assembly of South Africa . Other members of the bureau include Deputy President Prof. Karl-Heinz Paque; and Vice Presidents Cellou Dalein Diallo ( Guinea ), Kitty Monterrey ( Nicaragua ), Abir al-Sahlani ( Sweden ), Kiat Sittheamorn ( Thailand ) and Robert Woodthorpe Browne ( United Kingdom ). There are two elected treasurers, Judith Pallares MP ( Andorra ) and Minister Omar Youm ( Senegal ). Liberal International awards prizes to individuals in

135-477: Is a document describing the basic political principles of the Liberal International. Creation of its main principles were led by Salvador de Madariaga . The Oxford Manifesto was inspired by the ideas of William Beveridge and is regarded as one of the defining political documents of the 20th century. Fifty years on, in 1997, Liberal International returned to Oxford and issued a supplement to

162-718: Is fluent in Arabic, English and French. In 2014, El Haite was awarded the Freedom Prize by the Spanish Foundation Women for Freedom and Democracy. In December 2016, she received the insignia of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic from President François Hollande . The award was presented by former Prime Minister Laurent Fabius for her national and international commitment to

189-505: The Czech Republic . Medal of Liberalism : The Liberal International Medal of Liberalism is awarded to individuals who have worked to advance liberal values on a local, national and international level. Recipients include President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast , Prime Minister Xavier Bettel of Luxembourg , President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe leader Sir Graham Watson of

216-619: The United Kingdom . The LI Human Rights Bulletin is published three times per year and consists of opinion articles, video interviews and digest of the work of the LI human rights committee. Thematic publications are published online and in print on an ad hoc basis. Recent texts have offered a liberal perspective on issues ranging from freedom of belief to the responsibility to protect. Because inter-war International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties ceased to operate in

243-669: The constitution so that a sustainable development component is included in every public policy initiative. Morocco also has environmental police. She participated in the 2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw and 2014 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima before taking a leading role in 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference , the climate change negotiations in Paris in December 2015. In May 2016, she

270-453: The ALM embodied the widest consultation of views undertaken by Liberal International in order to compile a policy document. LI has 90 political parties. Cooperating and regional organisations are groups with a recognised status in the constitution of Liberal International as bodies that share the values and objectives of LI but do not operate as a political party. Co-operating organisations have

297-923: The Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Morocco. She became president of the International Network of Liberal Women in 2012. Since December 2012, she has been president of the International Relations of the Popular Movement. El Haite was appointed Minister Delegate in Charge of the Environment for the Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment in 2013. In this position she oversees environmental policies in

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324-580: The Declaration of Brussels, which called for creation of world liberal organization. The Oxford Manifesto , drawn up in April 1947 at Wadham College in Oxford by representatives from 19 liberal political parties from South Africa, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Spain, Estonia, United Kingdom, United States, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia and Turkey

351-594: The Latvian Way party after his term as prime minister ended. In the 2002 general election, it got 4.9% of the vote, just under the 5% needed to secure representation in parliament. After this loss, several politicians left Latvian Way for other parties. Latvian Way regained some ground in the European Parliament Election in June 2004 with 6.5% of vote but it still faced an uncertain future and

378-828: The United Nations International Climate Conference (COP22) from 2016 to 2017. She is the current president of the Liberal International since December 2018, the first non-European in this post. El Haite was born in Fez on 13 May 1963. She has a degree in biology and microbiology from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University in Fez (1986), a postgraduate degree in ecotoxicology from Moulay Ismail University in Meknes (1987). She has two PhDs, one in environmental studies from

405-659: The University of Meknes (1991) and one in environmental engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne in Saint-Étienne , France with a thesis on the treatment of wastewater. She also has a diploma in political communication from the University of Washington in the United States (2008). El Haite worked for the urban agency of Fez in territorial administration until 1993. She

432-567: The areas of human rights and liberalism. Prize for Freedom : The Liberal International Prize for Freedom is LI's most prestigious human rights award. Conveyed annually since 1984 to an individual of liberal conviction who has made outstanding efforts for the defence of freedom and human rights, recipients include Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela , Senator Leila de Lima of the Philippines , Raif Badawi of Saudi Arabia , Waris Dirie of Somalia and Václav Havel of Czechoslovakia and

459-671: The beginning of the World War II , on 16 June 1946 representatives of the Liberal Party of Belgium, British Liberal Party , French Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party , Danish Social Liberal Party , Freedom Party of the Netherlands, Free Democratic Party of Switzerland , People's Party of Sweden, Italian Liberal Party and the representatives of Spanish Liberals in exile assembled in Brussels and adopted

486-651: The difficult task of regaining voters' trust. For the 2006 election, Latvian Way formed an electoral coalition with the Latvia's First Party . They won 10 seats in the election, allowing Latvian Way to join the coalition government. Party chairman Ivars Godmanis became Minister of the Interior in November 2006, and then prime minister in December 2007. He resigned after protests paralysed the Latvian capital, Riga , due to

513-607: The first environmental engineering firm in the MENA region. She served as minister delegate in charge of the environment for the Kingdom of Morocco from 2013 to 2017. In 2015, she was elected vice president of the United Nations Climate Change Conference ( COP21 ). She was appointed special envoy for climate change of the Kingdom of Morocco from 2015 to 2017 and the high level climate champion of

540-407: The global economic crisis. On 20 February 2009, Godmanis resigned as prime minister along with the rest of his government amid concerns about handling the economic crisis. National groups: * observer *associate member **observer Liberal International Liberal International ( LI or Libintern ) is a worldwide organization of liberal political parties. The political international

567-601: The leading party in a coalition government. Later, its popularity declined, with 14.6% of votes in 1995 election and 18.0% in 1998. Despite that, Latvian Way remained a powerful force in Latvian politics and was part of every coalition government in Latvia from July 1993 to November 2002. Four Latvian Way members were Prime Ministers : Valdis Birkavs (from 1993 to 1994), Māris Gailis (from 1994 to 1995), Vilis Krištopans (from 1998 to 1999) and Andris Bērziņš (from 2000 to 2002). A fifth former prime minister, Ivars Godmanis, joined

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594-647: The original manifesto, The Liberal Agenda for the 21st century , describing Liberal policies in greater detail. The second Oxford Manifesto was adopted by the 48th Congress of Liberal International, which was held on 27–30 November 1997 in the Oxford Town Hall . In 2017, the global federation marked its 70th anniversary with the adoption of the Andorra Liberal Manifesto for the twenty-first century (ALM). A three-year project across numerous continents initiated by then president Juli Minoves,

621-435: The right of representation but in no case the right to vote at statutory events. LI has 12 cooperating organizations. The International is also in a loose association with the following 10 organisations: National groups: * observer *associate member **observer Hakima El Haite Hakima El Haite (born 13 May 1963) is a Moroccan climate scientist, entrepreneur and politician. In 1994 she founded EauGlobe,

648-568: The world, and to foster the growth of a free society based on personal liberty, personal responsibility and social justice, and to provide the means of co-operation and interchange of information between the member organisations, and between men and women of all countries who accept these principles. The principles that unite member parties from Africa, America, Asia and Europe are respect for human rights , free and fair elections and multi-party democracy , social justice , tolerance , market economy , free trade , environmental sustainability and

675-717: Was also the Treasurer of the National Union of Women. In 1994, she founded the company EauGlobe, which specializes in engineering and environmental consulting. She is Vice President of US-NAPEO , the US-North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity, and ConnectinGroup International, the first organization training women for appointed office. El Haite is a member of the Popular Movement political party. In 2007, she became president of

702-755: Was appointed a "High Level Climate Change Champion" by the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change . On 19 September 2016, El Haite gave the keynote address at the opening event of Climate Week NYC in New York City, calling on world leaders to move from their Paris Agreement commitments to more robust climate action. She was a host of 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh in November 2016. El Haite

729-691: Was founded in Oxford in 1947 and has become the pre-eminent network for liberal and progressive democratic parties aiming to strengthen liberalism and democratic values around the world. Its headquarters are at 1 Whitehall Place, London , SW1A 2HD, within the National Liberal Club . The Oxford Manifesto describes the basic political principles of the Liberal International, which is currently made up of 111 parties and organizations. The Liberal International Constitution (2005) gives its purposes as: to win general acceptance of Liberal principles which are international in their nature throughout

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