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Can the NAM Summit bridge the Iran-Egypt Gap?

The NAM Summit, Iran, and Syria: A Coup against the West?

by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

Ottawa (Canada) | 26 September 2012
The following article was written by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya before the non-aligned summit. It helps to understand the issues that were at stake and, in retrospect, to appraise Iran’s success. The Movement has been reactivated and a permanent secretariat established, to be chaired for the next three years by Iran, Egypt and Venezuela. Defying the U.S. verboten, the Egyptian President traveled to Tehran. While he vented his disagreement over Syria, in a significant move he also restored diplomatic relations with Iran. Ultimately, Tehran put Cairo in the limelight to nudge it toward an independent stance functioning as a counterweight to Riyadh.

"Before our very eyes"

Washington’s double-take at the Non-Aligned Movement revival

by Thierry Meyssan

Tehran (Iran) | 12 September 2012
The 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM ) took place in Teheran, from August 26 to August 31. Most of the Western media ignored the event. In their view, the Movement is of no importance. Yet, 120 states participated, representing the majority of the world’s population as well as the world’s economy. Are we really supposed to believe that all these delegations made the trip for no reason?
Historically, the Non-Aligned Movement created by Nasser, Nehru, Tito, Sukarno and Nkrumah in (...)

The Declaration of the XVI Summit of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement

Tehran (Iran) | 31 August 2012
TEHRAN DECLARATION
We, the Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, gathered at our XVI Conference held in Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran, on 30-31 August 2012, undertook a review of the international situation with a view to making an effective contribution to the solution of the major problems of concern to all NAM Member States and to entire Humankind, and,
Inspired by the vision, principles and objectives of the Non-Aligned Movement, articulated in Bandung (...)

UN Secretary-General’s Remarks to the High-Level Segment of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit

by Ban Ki Moon

Tehran (Iran) | 30 August 2012
I thank our hosts for organizing this important Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement and I would like to pay tribute to Egypt as the outgoing chair of the last three years.
I am grateful for the hospitality of the Government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The recent earthquake saddened us all. The United Nations stands ready to assist in any way.
Last month, I visited the Brijuni Islands in Croatia in what was once Yugoslavia. Gamal Abdel Nasser, Jawaharlal Nehru and Josip Tito (...)

Supreme Leader’s Inaugural Speech at the 16th Non-Aligned Summit

by Ali Khamenei

Tehran (Iran) | 30 August 2012
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the Two Worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the greatest and trustworthy Messenger and on his pure progeny, his select companions, and all the prophets and divine envoys.
I welcome you honorable guests, the leaders and delegations representing the member states of the Non-Aligned Movement, and all the other participants of this great international summit.
We have gathered here to continue (...)

Speech by Cuba’s First Vice-President, José Ramón Machado Ventura, at the 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit

Tehran (Iran) | 30 August 2012
Mister President,
We thank the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran for organizing this important Summit Conference and for the warm hospitality given to our delegation. On behalf of President Raúl Castro Ruz, the people and government of the Republic of Cuba, we wish you all success in leading the Movement during the next three years and reiterate Cuba’s total support.
Please allow me to also express our sincere condolences to the Iranian people and government for the loss (...)

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi’s opening speech of the XVI Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement

Tehran (Iran) | 26 August 2012
At the outset, I would like to warmly welcome you to the Islamic Republic of Iran and to this important meeting. We are greatly honored to be entrusted with the responsibility of hosting the NAM Summit and assuming the NAM Chairmanship for a challenging and momentous time to our countries.
The hosting of the Summit by the Islamic Republic of Iran would be the culmination of our active membership of the Movement in the past three decades, in the course of which we have made every effort to (...)

16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Mouvement, 26-31 August 2012, Tehran

Iran NAM summit sends message of peace

by Finian Cunnigham

24 August 2012
’When the Cold War between the US and Soviet superpowers ended 20 years ago, some analysts believed that the Non-Aligned Movement would become redundant, an organization no longer with purpose. Two decades on, the NAM is rising to the occasion with more relevance than ever and is perhaps realising its true moment of merit for the cause of world peace and solidarity.’

Egyptian President’s visit to Iran great failure for US

23 August 2012
A senior Iranian MP condemned the attempts made by the US and its allies to hamper the presence of the Non-Aligned Movement member states in the upcoming summit meeting of the grouping in Tehran, and said the presence of Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi in the conference will be deemed as a great failure for Washington.
"Americans attempted to prevent Mr. Mursi’s visit to Iran, but the Egyptian president will visit Iran, which is interpreted as failure for the US," member of the (...)

Geo-Strategic Chessboard Pushing India Towards War With China

by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

Montreal (Canada) | 24 October 2009
Since 1947, India never fully pledged itself to any camp or global pole during the Cold War and as a result was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement (N.A.M.). Since the post-Cold War era that position has eroded. For over a century, New Delhi has been gradually moving away from its traditional stance, relationships, and policies on the international arena. Now, once again, India has been vied for as an ally in the “Great Game” that is underway, placing her in the pivotal position which is examined in this article.

Fostering a new era of multipolarism

The Return of the Non-Aligned Movement?

by Anton Caragea

Bucharest (Romania) | 4 October 2009
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is in search of new relevance. The bipolar tensions that gave it a place in the world have disappeared, and the series of "G" groups — G8, G14, and G20 — have become the favoured forums for contacts between the developed and developing world. Still, NAM represents more than half the population of the world, and the recent Sharm el-Sheikh summit might have imbued it with a new sense of purpose.

UN Secretary-General’s Speech to the High-Level Segment of the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit

by Ban Ki Moon

15 July 2009
Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt)
15 July 2009
Your Excellency, President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak,
Your Excellency, President Raul Castro,
Distinguished heads of State and Government,
Honourable ministers, Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am extremely honoured to join you for this important Summit. President Mubarak has shown great international leadership over the years. I congratulate him on assuming the chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement and look forward to working closely with you (...)

14th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement

Address by Carlos Lage Davila, Vice-President of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba

by Cuban Agency News

13 September 2006
Carlos Lage
Your Excellencies,
Plagued by wars and the threat of new wars, the world we live in becomes more unjust and unequal with each day that passes.
The end of the confrontation between East and West was not the beginning of the peace many dreamed of. What we have witnessed, instead, is the growing hegemony of a nation that resorts to economic and political pressures unscrupulously, that feels entitled to invade any country in the world to reach its objectives and which is leading (...)

Remarks by Jawaharlal Nehru to Bandung Conference Political Committee

by Jawaharlal Nehru

Bandung (Indonesia) | 24 April 1955
Mr. Chairman, the turn this discussion has taken is a much wider one than that we had already expected. In fact, it has covered the whole major heading. We have just had the advantage of listening to the distinguished leader of the Turkish Delegation who told us what lie, as a responsible leader of the nation must do and must not do. He gave us an able statement of what I might call one side representing the views of one of the major blocs existing at the present time in the world. I have (...)