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The U.S. co-hosts a second Summit for Democracy in Costa Rica Linda
Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, talks to Morning
Edition about the U.S. co-hosting the second Summit for Democracy. About 120
countries are expected to participate.


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THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PUTS THE STATE OF GLOBAL DEMOCRACY BACK IN THE
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THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PUTS THE STATE OF GLOBAL DEMOCRACY BACK IN THE
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Summit for Democracy virtual plenary from the White House campus on Wednesday.

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The United States will co-host the second Summit for Democracy with Costa Rica,
the Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia on Wednesday and Thursday. The hosts
invited 120 global leaders to the summit, which will be held in Costa Rica this
year.

"This summit is about highlighting the importance of democratic resilience and
increasing the participation of young people in democracies," Linda
Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said.

She spoke to Morning Edition's A Martínez on Tuesday about the state of global
democracy since the inaugural Summit for Democracy in 2021.

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She says the second summit will recognize "those countries that made commitments
and countries that actually followed through on their commitments."

Thomas-Greenfield singled out Albania and Angola for positive reforms to their
judiciaries, saying that Angola has "taken steps to create an independent
judiciary."

While China is excluded from the summit, Thomas-Greenfield says Taiwan will
participate because they have made consistent efforts to move their democracy
forward.

"Taiwan has remained a solid democratic partner," Thomas-Greenfield said. "They
actively engaged in a Summit for Democracy the first time around."

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"In terms of our relationship with China, we still have a one China policy, but
that doesn't change the fact that through our Taiwan Relations Act, we can
continue to engage with this country that is a solid democracy," she added.

Honduras established diplomatic relations with China this weekend and cut ties
with Taiwan. Despite growing tensions between Beijing and the U.S.,
Thomas-Greenfield says the U.S. will continue to "deepen and expand engagements"
with Latin America and Taiwan.

"China's influence in Latin America is only important to the extent that it
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She says the biggest threat to global democracy is "authoritarianism," but that
technology could support democratic freedom.

"Technology can be a double edged sword," Thomas-Greenfield said. "It gives
people access to information about what their governments are doing, how their
governments are performing, and it also gives people a platform to actually have
conversations about what is happening in their countries.

"Democracies allow that to happen," Thomas-Greenfield said. "And authoritarian
systems you see regularly that they block access to technology, they block
access to information and they block freedoms."

Amra Pasic edited the audio interview, and Adam Bearne edited the digital
version.

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