Azerbaijan Marks Anniversary Of Chairmanship Of NAM
Date
10/26/2022 6:05:13 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 26. Today marks three
years since Azerbaijan assumed the chairmanship of the Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM), reports citing Azerbaijan's Foreign
Ministry.
Despite the fact that the country's chairmanship was during the
COVID-19 pandemic, Azerbaijan managed to turn the difficulties
associated with the pandemic into opportunities for international
cooperation thanks to successful initiatives of international
importance put forward as the chairmanship of the NAM and
unanimously supported by the member states of the Movement.
During the chairmanship, Azerbaijan took important steps to
start the process of approving the logotype and flag of NAM, it was
on the basis of the initiatives of the Head of the Azerbaijani
state and with the support of the member states of the Movement
that the foundation of the NAM Youth Network was laid on October
4-5, 2021, and on November 28, 2021 - NAM Parliamentary
Network.
Azerbaijan held the Baku Conference of the Parliamentary Network
of the Non-Aligned Movement from June 30 through July 1, 2022, and
the NAM Youth Summit from July 25 through July 29, 2022. These
events resulted in the adoption of documents regulating the
activities of the Youth Organization and the NAM Parliamentary
Network, the establishment of logos and flags of these
organizations.
During the chairmanship a high-level commemorative event was
organized in Belgrade, Serbia dedicated to the 60th anniversary of
the founding of NAM, a conference in Baku on the theme 'The
Heritage of the African Continent in the Evolution of the
Non-Aligned Movement', and trainings were held for the first time
in the history of NAM in connection with NAM modeling involving
young people from NAM countries. On the basis of the relevant order
of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, every year dozens of
young people have found the opportunity to receive scholarships
while studying in Azerbaijan.
Meeting of the ministers,including the ministers of labor and
health were held in order to strengthen the partnership and
solidarity between states members of the Movement as well as to
identify potential areas of cooperation.
In the near future, it's planned to hold meetings of the
ministers of education, heads of institutions responsible for
information and communication technologies, economics and
ecology.
Despite the fact that the chairmanship of the NAM covers three
years, unanimous decision was made in July last year by the members
of the Movement to extend the term of Azerbaijan's chairmanship
until the end of 2023.
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