The Rwandan Minister of State James Kabarebe participated in the Ministerial Meeting of the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit taking place in Kampala, Uganda, under the theme, Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence.
In his statement, Minister of State Gen. (Rtd.) James Kabarebe reiterated Rwanda’s commitment to peace, prosperity, and sustainable development.
Leaders from about 120 countries across the world have converged in the Ugandan capital Kampala for the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) that is scheduled to be held from 15th to 20th January 2024 at Speke Resort Munyonyo.
The summit will be addressed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, and more than 50 heads of state and government, among others. Overall, between 1,000 and 1,500 delegates are expected to attend the event.
The five-day-long summit is the largest grouping of states worldwide after the UN, with 120 member states, 18 observer nations, and 10 organizations. In April, 1955, representatives from 29 governments of Asian and African nations gathered in Bandung, Indonesia to discuss peace and the role of the Third World in the Cold War, economic development, and decolonization.
The Bandung principles include respect for the sovereignty, equality and territorial integrity of all states, rejection of the possibility of an unconstitutional change of government, the preservation of the inalienable right for each state is free, without interference from outside, to determine its political, social, economic and cultural system, and refusal from aggression and direct or indirect use of force.
The NAM summit is held every three years, usually in a different continent. The last meeting was held in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2019, with the theme, Upholding the Bandung Principles to ensure concerted and adequate response to the challenges of the contemporary world. (End)