Venezuela delivers a cohesive NAM for multilateral solidarity

With three objectives achieved, Venezuela delivered this Friday to the Republic of Azerbaijan the pro tempore presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which it had held since September 2016. Strengthen the cohesion of member countries, based on the premise of unity in diversity; strengthen solidarity among the member states of the Movement in the spirit of non-alignment; and to advance in the process of revitalization of the NAM in order to reaffirm its full validity in the current and turbulent international situation, were the three goals achieved by Venezuela during its presidency within the multilateral bloc. During the XVIII Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Venezuela presented the balance of the three years of management, the Venezuelan head of State, Nicolás Maduro, underlined the participation of the South American nation in more than 200 multilateral work meetings, in which topics of collective interest were discussed such as: nuclear disarmament; coercive and unilateral measures; human rights; Sustainable development and the culture of peace. In addition, the NAM addressed, in the last three years, the issues of Palestine and Puerto Rico; as well as the multilateralism and diplomacy of peace, established by the United Nations General Assembly a year ago, at the initiative of the Movement. In that context, Maduro expressed his solidarity with the countries victims of coercive and unilateral measures such as Palestine, Puerto Rico, Democratic Republic of Korea, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Syria and Zimbabwe.