Non-Aligned Movement Summit Held Today in Egypt
Leaders of the developing world were in Egypt for the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to discuss the effect of the global financial crisis on their countries.
The summit will “provide for a chance for discussions over the international economic crisis, which first started in the industrialized countries, and greatly impacted the developing countries, especially Africa,”
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said the summit aimed for “a new international order… in which nations (are not judged) by their size or military and economic capabilities.”
From Pakistan Mr Yousaf Raza Gillani (Prime Minister) is there to Attendthe meeting.
NAM Founded in 1955, NAM’s 118 member states represent around 56 percent of the global population. NAM states consider themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
Set up during the Cold War, the movement sought to distance itself from both the Western and Soviet blocs, but today its raison d’être is questioned after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the ensuing shift in power politics.
NAM heads of state and government meet every three years. The next meeting will be held in Iran.
The movement groups 53 states from Africa, 38 from Asia, 26 from Latin America and the Caribbean, and just one from Europe — the former Soviet republic of Belarus.
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