(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The first day of the NAM Summit at the highest level opened Thursday in presence of the members’ heads of states by the speech delivered by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Some heads of states made remarks during the first day of the summit and the others will deliver speech today and then the result of all talks will be released as a declaration.
Iran will assume the rotating presidency of the movement for three years during the Tehran summit.
NAM, an international organization with 120 member states and 21 observer countries, is considered as not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
The organization was founded in the former Yugoslavia in 1961. The countries of the Non-Aligned Movement represent nearly two-thirds of the UN members and contain 55% of the world population.
NAM's purpose, as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979, is to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries.”
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