Senior Lawmaker Sees NAM Summit in Tehran Failure for US

No doubt the NAM Summit in Tehran is considered as another failure for the US, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said on Monday.

He also told the Islamic republic news agency that the NAM thwarted Western governments' attempts to get concession from the developing nations and slowed the trend of US direct influence on human societies.

The 16th NAM summit will be held in the Iranian capital, Tehran, from August 26 to 31.

NAM is comprised of some 120 member states and 17 observer countries.

NAM is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. NAM is the largest grouping of countries outside of the United Nations.

NAM member states represent nearly two-thirds of the United Nations' members and comprise 55% of the world population, particularly countries considered to be developing or part of the Third World.

It was founded in April 1955 and has 118 members. The purpose of the organization as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979 is to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries" in their "struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism, and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, domination, interference or hegemony as well as against great power and bloc politics."

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Source: Fars News Agency

No doubt the NAM Summit in Tehran is considered as another failure for the US, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said on Monday. He also told the Islamic republic news agency that the NAM thwarted Western governments' attempts to get concession from the developing nations and slowed the trend of US direct influence on human societies. The 16th NAM summit will be held in the Iranian capital, Tehran, from August 26 to 31. NAM is comprised of some 120 member states and 17 observer countries. NAM is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. NAM is the largest grouping of countries outside of the United Nations. NAM member states represent nearly two-thirds of the United Nations' members and comprise 55% of the world population, particularly countries considered to be developing or part of the Third World. It was founded in April 1955 and has 118 members. The purpose of the organization as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979 is to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries" in their "struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism, and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, domination, interference or hegemony as well as against great power and bloc politics." The End Source: Fars News Agency