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Special Edition Issue 2 - September, 2016
NAM
Non Aligned Movement
NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT
“ The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state. ” Kwame Nkrumah: Ghana (1909-1972)
“ No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people. ” Julius Nyerere: Tanzania (1922-1999)
“ If anyone thinks we have become tired, let me say that we are a struggling nation, a fighting nation, a patient nation. ” Gamal Abdel Nasser: Egypt (1918-1970)
Ministry of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs Bolivarian Government office of the Deputy of Venezuela Minister for Africa
Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Kenya concurrent to Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia
Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat).
knowing the NAM 1 Do you know that the NAM from its inception in 1961 has held 16 summits ?
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In all these summits, member countries have upheld their anti-war and pacifist principles of self-determination against imperialism in all its forms, as well as the recognition and respect for the differences among nations in order to democratize and strengthen international relations.
Do you know who
Marshal Tito, President of Yugoslavia was the 1st chair of the NAM in 1961.
was the first chair of the NAM ?
The first conference of the non-aligned movement in Belgrade in September, 1961
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Do you know which African countries have chaired the NAM ?
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Do you know which Latin American
The five African countries that have chaired the NAM are:-
Egypt
2nd Summit September
1964
Zambia
3rd Summit
September
1970
Algeria
4th Summit
September
1973
Zimbabwe
8th Summit
September
1986
South Africa 12th Summit September
1998
Egypt
2009
15th Summit July (second time)
The two LatinAmerican countries that have chaired the NAM are: Cuba
6th Summit
have chaired
Colombia
11th Summit October
1995
the NAM ?
Cuba
14th Summit September
2006
countries
(second time)
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September
1979
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Do you know which European country has chaired the NAM ?
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Do you know which Asian countries have chaired the NAM ?
The European country that has chaired the NAM is:
Yugoslavia
1st Summit September
1961
Yugoslavia
9th Summit September
1989
The five Asian countries that have chaired the NAM are: Sri Lanka India Indonesia Malaysia Iran
5th Summit 7th Summit 10th Summit 13th Summit 16th Summit 4
August March September February August
1976 1983 1992 2003 2012
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Do you know from which
The Republic of Kenya has been part of the NAM since 1964.
year the Republic of Kenya has been part of the NAM ?
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Do you know from which year
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has been part of the NAM since 1989.
the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has been part of the NAM ?
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