Summit for Democracy

Summit for Democracy
Guillermo Lasso, the President of Ecuador, participating in the summit
Host country United States
DatesDecember 9–10, 2021
Venue(s)Virtual
Participants111
Websitewww.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

The Summit for Democracy is a virtual summit hosted by the United States "to renew democracy at home and confront autocracies abroad". The first summit was held on December 9–10, 2021.[1][2] The three themes are defending against authoritarianism, addressing and fighting corruption, and advancing respect for human rights.[3] Contradictory to its themes, multiple un-democratic and authoritarian nations have attended, which has attracted criticism.

The second Summit was held in March 2023 and was co-hosted by United States, Costa Rica, Zambia, Netherlands and Korea.[4][5]

The third Summit was held in March 2024 hosted in-person and virtually by Republic of Korea.[6]

  1. ^ "The Summit for Democracy—American Leadership or Photo Op?". The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  2. ^ Toosi, Nahal. "An 'Illustrative Menu of Options': Biden's big democracy summit is a grab bag of vague ideas". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  3. ^ "The Summit for Democracy". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  4. ^ "The Summit for Democracy". U.S. Department of States. November 2022.
  5. ^ Choi, Soo-hyang (2023-03-29). "South Korea to host third 'Summit for Democracy' -joint statement". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  6. ^ "Press Release > The 3rd Summit for Democracy". s4dkorea.kr. Retrieved 2024-03-24.