Democracy at the United Nations

A "third wave" of democratization has begun. In the early 90s, many countries embraced democratic systems for the first time. Other countries have returned to democracy after years out in the cold. Entire populations have been lining up to take part in the most definitive ritual of all democratic systems - free elections. In Chile, South Africa, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Russia, Cambodia, and other parts of the world, citizens have been waiting, sometimes for hours or days on end, to exercise their right to elect their own leaders. These epoch-making evvents have led many observers to believe that democracy exist solely within nations and not between nations.