They say they are not seeking Tutsi domination, but a broadly based, multi-ethnic democracy, and their ranks include some moderate Hutu.

Pakistan is now even further away from being a multi-ethnic democracy.

We should also increase the number of educational and cultural exchanges that expose young Chinese to our multi-ethnic democracy.

An autonomous Kosovo still officially part of Yugoslavia is what the Serbs also want, though they resist the notion of multi-ethnic democracy.

"The agreement is a victory for all those who believe in a multi-ethnic democracy in Bosnia-Herzegovina," Secretary of State Warren Christopher said today.

"If the federation can succeed as a multi-ethnic democracy, then so can Bosnia-Herzegovina as a whole," Mr. Christopher said.

Lebanon has made great strides since the end of the civil war in terms of human rights and citizens' rights, constructing and strengthening a multicultural and multi-ethnic democracy and civil society.

We would encourage it, along with Khartoum, to introduce a pluralistic and multi-ethnic democracy and an independent civil society, with a key role for justice alongside legislative and executive powers.

Without public schools, she maintains, the dream of a multi-ethnic democracy will live on only through jury duty and subway travel.

Winning the postwar struggle for a multi-ethnic democracy is a crucial test for the Albanians and their divided leadership, Mr. Holbrooke said.