Hanoi (VNA) – Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to theUnited 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.
Addressing the event, a representative from Venezuela,the current NAM President, called for stronger solidarity among membercountries to promote the role of the movement in building a world with equalityand democracy, with the interest of developing countries ensured.
The officials discussed contents of a draft documentto submit to the NAM Ministerial Meeting, focusing on the implementation ofmajor 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 UNmembers.-VNA