  founded in 1983, the international republican institute (iri) is a un-partnered organisation, partially funded by the u.s. house of representatives, that conducts international political programs, sometimes called democratization programs with a special emphasis on promoting women's involvement in politics.- 162k, loaded 14 april 2007 initially known as the national republican institute for international affairs, the iri's stated mission is to "expand freedom throughout the world". its activities include teaching and assisting center-right political party and candidate development in their values, good governance practices, civil society development, civic education, womenâs and youth leadership development, electoral reform and election monitoring, and political expression in closed societies. it has been chaired by arizona senator john mccain since january 1993.new york times, 28 july 2008, democracy group gives donors access to mccaincounterpunch, 9 july 2009, otto reich and the international republican institute: honduran destablization, inc. iri has dramatically increased its efforts to bring institutional structure to arab countries whose social and political fabric was frayed by the arab spring.,9 july 2009 iri controversially was helping organize haitian workers and farmers in haiti prior to the 2004 haitian coup d'Ã©tat, organized conservative political parties in poland, and has been involved in organizing women in egypt during and after the arab spring. ==background== the iri is a non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in 1983 after u.s. president ronald reagan's 1982 speech before the british parliament in westminster in which he proposed a broad objective of helping countries build the infrastructure of democracy. quoting the un universal declaration of human rights, he stated: "we must be staunch in our conviction that freedom is not the sole prerogative of a lucky few but the inalienable and universal right of all human beings."{{cite web| title=united states support of human rights and democracy| url=http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa94707.000/hfa94707_0.htm#105| work=hearing before the subcom
1983_establishments_in_the_United_States Election_and_voting-related_organizations Foundations_based_in_the_United_States International_Republican_Institute National_Endowment_for_Democracy Organizations_established_in_1983 Republican_Party_(United_States)_organizations