Re: Non Aligned Movement

[flopnfly]

http://www.cubanoal.cu/ingles/indexing.html
 
 Can somebody please explain to me in simple terms what this is all about?
 
 We won't be in Havana on September 16th but we will be in Cuba.

[millybess]

The Non-Aligned Movement, or NAM, is an international organization of over 100 states which consider themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. The purpose of the organization as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979 is to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries in their struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, apartheid, racism, and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, domination, interference or hegemony as well as against great power and bloc politics". NAM focuses on national struggles for independence, the eradication of poverty, economic development and opposing colonialism, imperialism, and neo-colonialism. They represent 55% of the planet's people and nearly two-thirds of the United Nation's members.
 
 The Non-Aligned Movement has struggled to find relevance since the end of the Cold War.
 
 Thank you Wikipedia.  ;)  
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement#NAM_Summit_meetings