Regular Conference Of NAM Parliamentary Network Held In Bahrain (UPDATE)
Date
3/16/2023 2:33:54 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Details added (first published: 15 March 2023
16:10)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 15. A regular
conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Parliamentary Network
was held as part of the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union (IPU) in Manama (Bahrain) on March 13, Azerbaijan's Foreign
Ministry told trend .
The conference, chaired by Speaker of the Milli Majlis
of Azerbaijan, and head of the NAM Parliamentary Network Sahiba
Gafarova, was attended by members of legislative bodies from more
than 60 countries, including speakers of parliaments from more than
20 NAM countries, as well as heads of international parliamentary
structures.
Following the results of the conference, a number of
important decisions were made, such as the Manama Declaration, the
decision to grant observer status to some international
parliamentary institutions in the NAM Parliamentary Network and to
amend the Charter on the modality of the Non-Aligned Movement
Parliamentary Network.
One of the most important outcomes of the Manama
Conference was the adoption of a decision to create within the NAM
Parliamentary Network a parliamentary group to support initiatives
on global recovery in the post-pandemic period, put forward by the
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan as Chairman of the NAM at
the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group on fighting
COVID-19.
As part of the Summit, the head of state initiated a
call to the UN secretary-general to establish a UN High-Level Panel
to provide relevant guidance on the global challenges of supporting
small island developing states and African countries, as well as on
global recovery from the pandemic.
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