April 04, 2018 | 18:44 (GMT+7)
Vietnam attends Non-Aligned Movement meeting
Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, attended the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)’s senior officials’ meeting on April 3-4 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
The meeting aims to prepare for the 18th NAM Ministerial Meeting on April 5-6.
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Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga |
Addressing the event, a representative from Venezuela, the current NAM President, called for stronger solidarity among member countries to promote the role of the movement in building a world with equality and democracy, with the interest of developing countries ensured.
The officials discussed contents of a draft document to submit to the NAM Ministerial Meeting, focusing on the implementation of major agendas of the UN, security issues, disarmament, international law, peaceful settlement of disputes, peacekeeping and UN reform.
Established in 1961, NAM now has 120 members from the Asia, Latin America and Caribbean regions, accounting for 60 percent of the UN members.
Source: VNA