Month: May 2017
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NAM Committed to Safeguarding Human Rights
United Nations defines human rights as such rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible. Universal human rights are often…
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Regional Initiatives among NAM Member States to protect coral reefs and marine ecosystems
Non-Aligned Movement has reaffirmed the importance of measures to ensure the sustainable management of marine biodiversity and ecosystems, including fish stocks, which contribute to food security and poverty eradication efforts, including through ecosystem approaches to ocean management, and to address the adverse effects of climate change on the marine environment and marine biodiversity. At the…
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NAM Supports Sustainable Tourism in Developing Countries
The rapid growth of the global tourism sector has also bought along with it issues such as environmental degradation, adverse effect on natural resources such as land, freshwater and marine resources, and damage to eco-systems through considerable waste and pollution. There is now increasing agreement on the need to promote sustainable tourism development, especially in…
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Sri Lanka-Vietnam Relations
Sri Lanka – Vietnam bilateral relations, which are established within the framework of the United Nations, and the Non-Aligned Movement, have been expanding in all areas including: political and security, economic and trade, science and education, cultural, tourism and religion. Sri Lanka was one of the earliest countries which established relations with the Socialist Republic…
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NAM and UN reforms
The Non-Aligned Movement came into existence during its first conference in Belgrade in 1961 representing the newly de-colonised developing countries. During its initial stage, its policies were linked to the decolonisation process characterised by the anti-imperial slogans, apartheid, racism and Zionism. The Non-Alignment of the third world countries somehow meant the rejection of control of…
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ALBA: An example of successful South-South Cooperation
Non-Aligned Movement has laid great emphasis on South-South Cooperation. The Non-Aligned Movement realizes the tremendous potential of regional cooperation among developing countries and since its inception has stressed the importance and need for the same. The leaders of NAM have underscored that regional and sub-regional arrangements and agencies, composed of Non-Aligned and other developing countries…
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Non-Aligned Movement and Multilateralism
After the end of Second World War which witnessed a massive genocide and supremacy of aligned groups over their counterparts, the third world countries formed the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) with the aim to keep themselves united and meet their developmental goals post-colonial era. The formation of the Non-Aligned Movement has a deep faith in the…
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