The 18th Summit of heads of state and government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) begins today.
The two-day Summit kicks off with the official opening ceremony at the Baku Congress Centre with participants including heads of state and government as well as senior government officials from 120 member countries, and representatives of the 17 observer countries and 10 observer organisations.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli – reached Baku late night on Thursday – leading a 21-member Nepali delegation. He is being accompanied by his spouse Radhika Shakya.
The Nepali delegation includes foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, chief adviser to the Prime Minister Bishnu Rimal, foreign affairs adviser to the Prime Minister Dr Rajan Bhattarai, foreign secretary Shanker Das Bairagi, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations (UN) Amrit Rai and senior officials at the Foreign Ministry.
The Preparatory Ministerial Meeting was held on October 23-24 – as a preceding to the 18th NAM Summit – and senior officials meeting on October 21-22. The Summit will consider the report of the Preparatory Ministerial Meeting, review the progress achieved in the implementation of the outcomes of the 17th Summit held in 2016, and conclude tomorrow with the adoption of the Baku Declaration.
The ministerial meeting of NAM has analysed the present world situation, which reaffirmed the significance of the NAM in the new world order, according to the foreign minister Gyawali.
The two-day ministerial meeting preceding the summit has also drafted the Baku Declaration, which will be the major outcome document of the 18th NAM Summit.
The General Debate of the 18th NAM Summit will be held on ‘Upholding the Bandung Principles to ensure concerted and adequate response to the challenges of contemporary world’. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to address the general debate of the Summit later today.
The objective of NAM is that the developing counties need to have an independent identity, independent existence and right to develop independently, with a just representation in the world system.
The two-day Summit kicks off with the official opening ceremony at the Baku Congress Centre with participants including heads of state and government as well as senior government officials from 120 member countries, and representatives of the 17 observer countries and 10 observer organisations.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli – reached Baku late night on Thursday – leading a 21-member Nepali delegation. He is being accompanied by his spouse Radhika Shakya.
The Nepali delegation includes foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, chief adviser to the Prime Minister Bishnu Rimal, foreign affairs adviser to the Prime Minister Dr Rajan Bhattarai, foreign secretary Shanker Das Bairagi, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations (UN) Amrit Rai and senior officials at the Foreign Ministry.
The Preparatory Ministerial Meeting was held on October 23-24 – as a preceding to the 18th NAM Summit – and senior officials meeting on October 21-22. The Summit will consider the report of the Preparatory Ministerial Meeting, review the progress achieved in the implementation of the outcomes of the 17th Summit held in 2016, and conclude tomorrow with the adoption of the Baku Declaration.
The ministerial meeting of NAM has analysed the present world situation, which reaffirmed the significance of the NAM in the new world order, according to the foreign minister Gyawali.
The two-day ministerial meeting preceding the summit has also drafted the Baku Declaration, which will be the major outcome document of the 18th NAM Summit.
The General Debate of the 18th NAM Summit will be held on ‘Upholding the Bandung Principles to ensure concerted and adequate response to the challenges of contemporary world’. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to address the general debate of the Summit later today.
The objective of NAM is that the developing counties need to have an independent identity, independent existence and right to develop independently, with a just representation in the world system.
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