Harare — President Mugabe left Harare yesterday for the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh where he will join 60 other heads of state and government for the 15th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, which begins today.
The President, who is accompanied by the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe and senior Government officials, was seen off at the Harare International Airport by Government officials and service chiefs.
Vice President Joice Mujuru will be Acting President. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is set to take over the chairmanship of the 118-member bloc from his Cuban counterpart, Cde Raul Castro. Among key issues to be discussed are the effects of the prevailing global economic crisis on developing countries, economic development, peace and security, disarmament, climate change, human rights and rule of law.
Already, NAM has demonstrated that it is not about to break with tradition and has issued a scathing statement criticising the United States for its 50-year-old economic blockade on Cuba.
The statement said the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba "which runs counter to the United Nations Charter and international law, was causing huge human suffering, material losses and economic damage that have negatively impacted on the welfare of the people of the largest Caribbean island".
President Castro will tomorrow present a report on the state of the organisation as well as chair debate on the current global economic and financial crisis. The summit is expected to adopt a final document, which will outline NAM's common position on various issues on its agenda and the Sharm el-Sheikh Declaration, which will focus on the development of the group itself.
The Non-Aligned Movement Committee on Palestine will discuss the current situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and adopt the Declaration on Palestine. A First Ladies' Summit will be held concurrently with the Heads of State Summit, with a general debate on "The Role of Women in Crisis Management".
Foreign ministers from the 110 countries represented at the summit started preparatory meetings on Monday ahead of the Heads of State Summit that has been scheduled for today and tomorrow. Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi left earlier to attend the NAM Foreign Affairs Ministers' meeting.
Addressing the opening session, Cuba's Foreign Minister, Cde Bruno Eduardo Parrilla, noted the achievements the grouping had scored in the past three years. An experts' meeting on Saturday and Sunday discussed the recent coup détat in Honduras with all representatives agreeing that the constitutionally-elected leader, President Manuel Zelaya, should be restored to office.
The experts also discussed North-South and South-South co-operation, terrorism and democracy, immigration, humanitarian assistance, human trafficking, corruption, HIV and Aids, malaria and tuberculosis.
This is the second time Egypt, a founder-member of the movement, is holding the summit after hosting it in 1964. Founded in September 1961, NAM now brings together 118 member states, 16 observer countries and nine observer organisations. At the first conference in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia in 1961, only 25 countries were represented.
Today the bloc is the world's largest international organisation outside of the United Nations, consisting of 55 percent of the planet's population with its focus being promoting the interests of developing countries.
The summit is held every three years.
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How many will 1 million chase ?
Heres An abbreviated Spirit Bomb prayer that Id like for us to say to God The Creator Of All :
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN , HOLY IS YOUR NAME, YOUR KINGDOM COME , YOUR WILL BE DONE, IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN .
- In Jesus Name We Pray Amen
Pray twice per day once around sunset & once around sunrise .
Have prayer lists which include Family, Christians, Truthseekers ,& Worthy Causes , etc
SOME OF OUR LEADERS ARE UNDER DEMONIC INFLUENCE , SOME OF OUR
WORLD IS UNDER THE SAME,. OUR UNITED , CONSISTENT, CONTINUOUS
PRAYERS WILL HELP US TO SEE THROUGH JESUS EYES. REMEMBER , HES
THE HEAD, WE HAVE NO EYES, EARS, NOSE, MOUTH, ETC..WITHOUT THE
HEAD. THAT IS WHY WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT, SOUND, TASTE
OR ANY OTHER NATURAL DISTRACTION. WE ARE SPIRITUAL WARRIORS !!!
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Prayer , Monthly Prayer, even Yearly Prayer ; keeping persons, organizations and causes
in mind that youd like to pray for at these intervals of time ( Daily-Weekly-Monthly-
Yearly).
Some prayer list suggestions
(DAILY PRAYER LIST ) -
Christian & Natural Family -
TOP-PRIORITY Persons, Causes & Oragnizations
(WEEKLY PRAYER LIST ) -
MID-LEVEL Persons, Causes & Oragnizations
(MONTHLY PRAYER LIST ) -
- Persons, Causes & Oragnizations ( For Example Heads Of Countries)
(YEARLY PRAYER LIST ) -
LOWER LEVEL - Persons, Causes & Oragnizations
[God Bless You Readers To Want To Know And Seek To Know The Truth] - MAY GOD BE A HAVEN OF PEACE IN OUR TIME OF TROUBLE --
[This inspiring poem was featuring in the movie Coach Carter ]
Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate, Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure. It Is Our Light , Not Our Darkness That Most Frightens Us.
We Ask Ourselves, Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, And Fabulous ?
Actually Who Are We Not To Be ? You Are A Child Of God.
Your Playing Small Doesnt Serve The World.
There Is Nothing Enlightened About Shrinking So That Other People Wont Feel Insecure Around You.
We Are All Meant To Shine, As Children Do.
We Were Born To Make Manifest The Glory Of God That Is Within Us.
Its Not Just In Some Of Us; Its In Everyone.
And When We Let Our Own Light Shine We Unconsciously Give Other People Permission To Do The Same.
And As We Are Liberated From Our Own Fear, Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others
- Marianne Williamson -
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From the blue of our heaven, From the depths of our sea, Over our eternal mountain ranges, Where the cliffs give answer.
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WAKE UP ! STAY UP MY BROTHERS & SISTERS ! BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
- Life Is a Game. Have Fun. [ Luke 18:17 / Isaiah 11:6 ]
Why can't criminal Mugabe spare Zimbos unneccessary wastage of government funds by just refraining from travels abroad? It's time for the tyrant to retire to his farm, failing which he is digging his own grave!
Funds raised by Tsvangirai's through his recent tour abroad is now being wasted by lunatic Mugabe.