ولا يوجد في العالم نموذج عالمي واحد للممارسات الديمقراطية، وإنما توجد خطوط كثيرة متقاطعة تشترك فيها الدول الديمقراطية وتتمثل معظمها في المشاركة السياسية وفي اتخاذ القرار والحريات العامة.
Emanating from his belief in those great principles, His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, has exerted major efforts to achieve the social, political and economic objectives of the State of Qatar through the establishment of democracy, the reform of the economy and insuring a quiet transformation to a modern and democratic State.