dimanche, septembre 10, 2006

Actualité - Latin America for Solidarity at NAM Summit

Havana, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) - Latin America and the Caribbean bring proposals to the Non Aligned Movement Summit (NAM) on fight against poverty and in favor of human health, based on unity and solidarity principles.

Representatives of 24 nations of this region will meet from Monday in Havana with delegates the world over to exchange initiatives directed to resize the group so that it acts more efficiently.

Immerse in new concepts of integration and democracy, this geographic area points to a different and brighter future of cooperation projects in energy, health and education.

Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, República Dominicana, Ecuador, Perú, Antigua y Barbuda, Dominica, Panamá and Venezuela are part of the forum founded in Belgrade, then capital of Yugoslavia, in September, 1961.

After that entered Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. It is expected that Haiti and St. Kitts and Nevis will also apply for membership, with which all the Caribbean will be part of that group of nations, 116 in total.

Among the challenges facing the summit are South-South cooperation agreements and the approval of documents to strengthen the NAM role in the solution of global problems.

Advancing toward multilateralism in opposition to the unipolar scheme lead by the United States through force and blackmail is one of the objectives of the meeting.

Cuba, to receive the presidency of the group for a three-year term has among its goals to aid in the solution of some of the problems faced by underdeveloped countries and the coordination of efforts in the political scene in order to reach common stands and joint actions.

The Movement set itself the goal of discarding the sensation of having lost relevance as international force which for many meant the end of confrontation between the two blocs that gave it a reason to exist.

In recent statements regarding the 14th NAM Summit Conference, vice foreign minister Abelardo Moreno of Cuba insisted the group has not lost its validity despite the end of the Cold War (1947-1990) and warned about the complex and contradictory international arena.

Official statistics register over 1.2 billion poor, 2.4 billion without sanitary facilities, 1.6 billion with no electricity and 771 million of illiterates, of which 39 live in Latin America.

The main battle against neoliberal globalization is being fought precisely in this region and integration projects march forward successfully promoted by Cuba and Venezuela.

Unfortunately, renewed domination interests brew in the North, whose dangerous dimensions threaten peace and security in the planet.

(Prensa Latina News Agency)

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