60th Anniversary Additional Commemorative Non-Aligned Meeting explained

60th Anniversary Additional Commemorative Non-Aligned Meeting
Country: Serbia
Date: –
Venues:Belgrade Fair[1]
Cities:Belgrade
Chairperson:Aleksandar Vučić and Ilham Aliyev[2]
(President of Serbia and President of Azerbaijan)

60th Anniversary Additional Commemorative Non-Aligned Meeting is the 11–12 October 2021 Non-Aligned Movement commemorative meeting taking place in Belgrade, Serbia.[3] The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and cohosted with Azerbaijan, in commemoration to the 1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.[4] [5] [6] President Ilham Aliyev made opening speech in a video format.[7] Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Nikola Selaković underlined that his county's strategic and essential goal is membership in the European Union, but that Serbia will not give up on its traditional friends which are not only Russia or China but all member states of the Non-Aligned Movement.[8] While reflecting on historical achievements Indian representative Meenakshi Lekhi invited honest introspection if movement is to keep its relevance and called unnamed member states to avoid insistence on divisive issues and bilateral score-settling which make NAM increasingly ineffective.[9] Participants vocally decried the disparity in vaccine access between developed and developing countries.[10]

Participants

The event took place at the Belgrade Fair with attendees including President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo,[11] Abd al-Hakim (son of Gamal Abdel Nasser), 40 ministers of foreign affairs (including for the first time Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov not as a guest but an observer).[1] [12] Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres stressed that the event is taking place in the situation of exceptional global challenges.[13]

Delegation of Cyprus, one of the founding members and one of only a couple of former European members, was notably absent with Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus avoiding to comment the Radio Free Europe quest and with media implying it was result of country's poor relations with cohost county of Azerbaijan.[14]

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was invited as a special guest.[15] Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkır was previously president of Seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Nikola Selaković described the event as the largest diplomatic gathering in Europe taking place during the Covid pandemic expecting to bring together 550 attendees from 105 countries and 11 organisations.[16]

Delegates

Members

Aymen Benabderrahmane[17]
Tete António[17]
Paul Chet Greene[18]
Jeyhun Bayramov[19]
AK Abdul Momen[20]
Alpha Barry
Ouch Borith[2]
Osman Saleh Mohammed[21]
Nana Akufo-Addo[11] [22]
Joseph Hamilton[23]
Meenakshi Lekhi
Retno Marsudi
Mehdi Safari[24]
Fuad Hussein
Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah[25]
Abdallah Bou Habib[17]
Omar Hilale[26]
Narayan Khadka[27]
Denis Moncada Colindres[17]
Geoffrey Onyeama[28]
Riyad al-Maliki[29]
Mark Brantley
Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud[30]
Mariam al-Mahdi[29]
Faisal Mekdad[31]

Observers

Milorad Dodik[32]
Zdenko Lucić[33]
Sergey Lavrov[32]
host of the meeting with multiple official representatives involved.

Guests

Stanislav Raščan[34]
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu[15]

Events and initiatives

The City of Belgrade prolonged the opening hours of various services (restricted due to pandemic) to welcome numerous foreign guests.[35] President of the Seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly hosted the sidelines Meeting of Women Heads of Delegations and Ministers of Foreign Affairs at the UN House in Belgrade.[36] Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Retno Marsudi highlighted the Indonesian nomination of the Archive of the First NAM Conference to the Memory of the World program of UNESCO.[37] Saint Kitts and Nevis and Burkina Faso signed a formal diplomatic relations and visa waiver agreement at the margins of the meeting.[38] During the meeting with Riyad al-Maliki President of Serbia Vučić reiterated that his country will not move its embassy to Jerusalem as it was planned in the 2020 Washington Agreement.[39]

Criticism

The event was criticized by University of Graz professor Florian Bieber as an outlived unprincipled autocrats gathering in service of Serbian president policy agenda.[40] The President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani who said that Belgrade is abusing the Non-Aligned Movement to distort the truth about Kosovo and called Serbia a colonizer country.[41] The head of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo Petar Petković answered that Osmani's criticism are motivated by her anxiety arising from the loss of international support.[41]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Samit nesvrstanih - svet se ponovo okuplja u Beogradu . Sava Radovanović . . 10 October 2021 . 10 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Cambodia set to reaffirm commitment at Non-aligned Movement conference . Ry Sochan . . 8 October 2021 . 10 October 2021.
  3. Web site: As Non-Aligned Movement marks 60 years, many are questioning its relevance. Giri . Anil . 2 October 2021 . . 10 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Serbian FM invites Non-Aligned countries to Belgrade for anniversary . Tanja Valič . 13 July 2021 . . 10 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Pokret nesvrstanih: U Beograd pristižu strani zvaničnici na samit . 9 October 2021 . . 10 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Zvaničnici članica Pokreta nesvrstanih i posmatrača samita pristižu u Beograd . 10 October 2021 . . 10 October 2021.
  7. Web site: President Ilham Aliyev made speech at High-Level Commemorative Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in video format . 11 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021.
  8. Web site: Selaković: Nesvrstani sledeće sedmice u Beogradu, jedan od najvećih skupova u Evropi . 6 October 2021 . . 10 October 2021.
  9. Web site: India pitches for 'honest introspection' by NAM to stay relevant . 11 October 2021 . . 12 October 2021.
  10. Web site: Wealthy Nations Denounced for Hoarding COVID-19 Vaccines . 12 October 2021 . . 12 October 2021.
  11. Web site: Akufo-Addo attends 60th anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement . Fred Dzakpata . . 10 October 2021 . 10 October 2021.
  12. Web site: Lavrov to attend jubilee Nonaligned Movement forum in Belgrade . . 11 October 2021 . 11 October 2021.
  13. Web site: U Beogradu počeo samit Pokreta nesvrstanih povodom 60 godina od osnivanja . 11 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021.
  14. News: Pet stvari koje bi trebalo znati o Pokretu nesvrstanih . Dušan Komarčević . Radio Slobodna Evropa . 8 October 2021 . . 10 October 2021.
  15. Web site: No: 336, 10 October 2021, Press Release Regarding the Participation of H.E Minister Çavuşoğlu in the High-Level Commemorative Meeting on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement . 10 October 2021 . . 10 October 2021.
  16. Web site: FM Selakovic: Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Belgrade proves Serbia's reputation . Rade Prelić . 10 October 2021 . . 10 October 2021.
  17. Web site: NESVRSTANI U BEOGRADU: Brnabić na svečanoj večeri za predsednika Gane i premijera Alžira . 11 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021.
  18. Web site: Prvi gost skupa Nesvrstanih ministar Antigve i Barbuda . 8 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021.
  19. Web site: U Beogradu počelo obilježavanja 60. godišnjice Pokreta nesvrstanih . 11 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021.
  20. Web site: FM leaves Dhaka to join meetings in Romania, Serbia . 7 October 2021 . . 12 October 2021.
  21. Web site: Remarks by H.E. Osman Saleh Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea At the Sixtieth Commemoration of the Non-Aligned Movement Belgrade11-12 October 2021 . 11 October 2021 . . 12 October 2021.
  22. Web site: More vaccines, climate help needed for poorer nations, say UN, Non-Aligned Movement . 11 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021.
  23. Web site: Statement delivered by the Honourable Joseph Hamilton, MP at the Meeting to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement Belgrade, Serbia, October 11 – 12, 2021 . 12 October 2021 . . 12 October 2021.
  24. Web site: Non-Aligned Movement Summit kicks off in Belgrade . 11 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021.
  25. Web site: MINISTAR INOSTRANIH POSLOVA KUVAJTA: Skup u Beogradu ponovno oživljava Pokret nesvrstanih . 11 October 2021 . Espreso . 11 October 2021.
  26. Web site: High-Level Meeting to Mark 60th Anniversary of Non-Aligned Movement Opens in Belgrade with Morocco's Participation . 11 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021.
  27. Web site: Foreign Minister Dr. Khadka leaves for Belgrade to attend NAM anniversary . 8 October 2021 . . 12 October 2021.
  28. Web site: Nigeria participates in 60th anniversary of First Conference of Non-Aligned Countries . 11 October 2021 . . 12 October 2021.
  29. Web site: NESVRSTANI STIGLI U BEOGRAD Među njima je i sin jednog od osnivača pokreta Gamala Nasera . 10 October 2021 . Pink.rs . 11 October 2021.
  30. Web site: Saudi foreign minister holds bilateral talks on sidelines of Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Serbia . 11 October 2021 . . 12 October 2021.
  31. Web site: Turkey's Cavusoglu says he met Syrian foreign minister in October .
  32. Web site: Dodik na Samitu nesvrstanih: BiH 'zapadni protektorat' . 11 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021.
  33. Web site: Hrvatska ipak ima svog predstavnika na golemom samitu Pokreta nesvrstanih u Beogradu, evo tko je delegiran . 12 October 2021 . . 12 October 2021.
  34. Web site: Državni sekretar dr. Raščan na 60. obletnici Gibanja neuvrščenih . 11 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021.
  35. Web site: Produženo radno vrijeme u Beogradu do 13.oktobra . 9 October 2021 . buka . 10 October 2021.
  36. Web site: MoS Lekhi to visit Serbia to attend 60th anniversary of Non-Aligned Movement . 9 October 2021 . . 10 October 2021.
  37. Web site: Press Statement Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, Belgrade, 10 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021 . 11 October 2021.
  38. Web site: St Kitts and Nevis and Burkina Faso signs visa waiver agreement . . 11 October 2021 . 11 October 2021.
  39. Web site: Serbian President Says His Country Will Not Move Embassy to Jerusalem . . 11 October 2021 . 11 October 2021.
  40. Web site: Biber o samitu nesvrstanih: Autokrate u službi Vučićeve agende . . 11 October 2021 . 11 October 2021.
  41. Web site: Kosovo President says Belgrade abusing Non-Aligned conference . . 11 October 2021 . 11 October 2021.

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