13 July 2009
Sharm El Sheikh — Food security, world economic and financial crisis and some regional conflicts topped the experts meeting that ended on Sunday in the city of Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), summoned to prepare the 15th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement, set for July 15-16.
At the meeting that started on Saturday, Angola was represented by ambassadors to international organisations in Geneva, Arcanjo do Nascimento, and to Egypt, Hendrick Vaal Neto, as well as staff of the diplomatic advising body of the Angolan Presidency, of the prime minister's Office and of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador Arcanjo do Nascimento told the Angolan press that they have finished discussing the documents to be submitted to the meeting of Foreign Affairs ministers of member countries, to be held on Monday and Tuesday.
The documents to be submitted to the ministers also comprise a proposal of declaration reaffirming the role of the Non-Aligned Movement for the future, in various fields.
Also concerning the issues debated during the two-day discussions, the source mentioned climate change that have a significant impact on food security and the economic situation, mainly of developing countries.
He declared that in the political field, the participants discussed about the situation in Somalia, which has been affected by an internal conflict, in Honduras (following the coup d'état) and middle east, due to the ongoing instability.
They also discussed about the north-south and south-south cooperation, terrorism and democracy, immigration, humanitarian assistance, fight against drug and human trafficking, corruption, HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
Founded on September 01, 1961, the Non-Aligned Movement is an organisation comprising 115 countries, mostly developing nations.
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I wonder if it even occurred to Mugabe that if he is genuinely serious about reforming the IMF and WB, it would have been far better had he left it to another country to raise the matter. After all, Zimababwe owes $4 billion to these organisations and is the only country in the history of these organisations to remain long term in arrears. The message would be far more creditable coming from almost any other country but Zimbabwe. I think that Mugabe simply cannot resist the limelight and that the message is in fact secondary to this.
Nowadays Mugabe talks but only his fools listen to him. The man rules his country without equity and yet talks of " a more equitable global order." Is he blind to his own madness as senility is stepping in or is he just barking nonsense to be heard and reported upon for the benefit of the stupid Herald?
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what a moron Mugape is? Does he want to reform these institutions so that he can steal and plunder from them too? That will be the day. Doesnt he understand economics, obviously not. Must have got his degrees from the zanupf lucky packet, or the fact that he so senile or his brain riddled with syph that he cant see his own demise just over the horizon. Senile dementia comes to mind, what a withered foolish tick he is. He should be squashed underfoot.! Wake up zimbos our country needs to remove this fool once and forever!
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