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One day conference reviews redistributing assets of once-communist countries |
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Monday, 30 July 2007 |
Mongolia was one of only four
countries to participate in discussions with former communist countries
on how once state-owned properties were returned to the private sectors.
The "International Conference
on the Comparative Studies of Transitional Justice" was held Sunday
in Taiwan. Participating countries included Mongolia, Germany, Hungary
and Poland.
Nemekhbayar Dashbaljir, an
officer of Mongolia's State Property Committee, outlined how Mongolia
has worked to privatize state properties since the end of communist
rule.
The former Prime Minister of
East Germany, Lother de Maiziere, spoke about liquidating the assets
of the former East German communist party and the role that finding
a just way to handle seized property has had in strengthening democratic
principles in the reunified Germany.
Lother de Maiziere also reviewed
efforts at judicial reform, updating the criminal and civil law, reviewing
sentences of all prisoner and reorganizing the police force.
Poland has also had success
in redistributing formerly state-owned properties. Their success was
mostly based upon compromises made between political parties in round
table discussions, according to Andrea Genest, a research fellow at
the Center for Research of Contemporary History Potsdam.
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