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MALAYSIAN PM TO ATTEND NAM SUMMIT IN SHARM EL-SHEIKH
From Mokhtar Hussain
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib
Tun Razak will arrive here Tuesday to join leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement
(NAM) at its 15th summit in this Egyptian Red Sea resort city, located at the
southern tip of peninsular Sinai.
The summit, to be held at the Maritime Congress Centre on July 15-16, will
be officially opened by President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday when the host
country is expected to unveil its proposals to protect NAM’s legacy,
particularly in dealing with the challenges of the 21st century.
Najib’s presence here will mark his first official involvement in NAM since
becoming prime minister on April 3, a Wisma Putra statement says, adding that
Najib is expected to reinforce Malaysia’s strong commitment towards the
movement’s spirit of solidarity for peace and development.
The prime minister's delegation includes Foreign Minister Anifah Aman
and Women, Family and Community Development Minister senator
Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
In his inaugural address at the summit, Najib is expected to dwell on
current global and regional issues and challenges, especially those affecting
Malaysia and the developing world.
These include peace and security issues, global financial and economic
crisis, climate change and developments in the Middle East, the statement says.
On the sidelines of the summit, the prime minister is scheduled to meet his
counterparts from other NAM member countries to discuss issues related to
bilateral relations.
At the same time, his wife, Rosmah Mansor, is scheduled to attend
the inaugural NAM First Ladies Summ it here, with a general
debate on “The Role of Women in Crisis Management”.
Rosmah is attending the summit at the invitation of Mrs Suzanne Mubarak, the
wife of the Egyptian president.
In her address at the summit, Rosmah is scheduled to focus, among others, on
the role and contribution of the NAM Institute on the Empowerment of Women
(NIEW) based in Kuala Lumpur.
The NIEW and the NAM News Network, also based in Kuala Lumpur, were the two
initiatives mooted by Malaysia during its tenure as the movement’s chairman for
three years from 2003 before handing over to Cuba in 2006.
The NIEW had acted as a catalyst for the NAM member nations to promote and
conduct training programmes and studies for women’s empowerment.
Speaking to Malaysian journalists here, Anifah said the summit would, among
others, focus on the international financial crisis and its impact on NAM
members and the means to deal with the crisis.
"The summit will be a good forum for developing countries to share
information on the impact of the economic crisis and discuss ways to help each
other deal with it," he said.
He said the meeting would endorse several documents including the Sharm
E-Sheikh Declaration and a Declaration on Palestine.
Anifah said Malaysia would also stress the need to address the problem of
human trafficking at source countries as well as at the countries of final
destination.
"The international community needs to undertake concerted efforts by
improving cooperation and information exchange between states in order to
address effectively the issue of human trafficking either in the form of the
people being trafficked or of countries being used as transit points of human
trafficking," he said.
The summit, themed “International Solidarity for Peace and Development”,
will focus on ways to reactivate NAM in the current world situation as well as
to protect the interests of developing countries.
NAM is made up of 118 countries from Africa, Asia, South America and the
Caribbean.
This is the second time that Egypt is hosting the NAM summit after nearly
half a century since it convened the 2nd summit in 1964.
The movement was founded in 1961 at the height of the Cold War between
socialism and capitalism when developing countries decided to stand closer to
protect their rights and interests and voice their views to the world society.
Besides Cuban president Raul Castro, who is the chairman of the last
summit in Havana, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is also scheduled
to deliver his speech at the opening session.
-- BERNAMA
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib
Tun Razak will arrive here Tuesday to join leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement
(NAM) at its 15th summit in this Egyptian Red Sea resort city, located at the
southern tip of peninsular Sinai.
The summit, to be held at the Maritime Congress Centre on July 15-16, will
be officially opened by President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday when the host
country is expected to unveil its proposals to protect NAM’s legacy,
particularly in dealing with the challenges of the 21st century.
Najib’s presence here will mark his first official involvement in NAM since
becoming prime minister on April 3, a Wisma Putra statement says, adding that
Najib is expected to reinforce Malaysia’s strong commitment towards the
movement’s spirit of solidarity for peace and development.
The prime minister's delegation includes Foreign Minister Anifah Aman
and Women, Family and Community Development Minister senator
Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
In his inaugural address at the summit, Najib is expected to dwell on
current global and regional issues and challenges, especially those affecting
Malaysia and the developing world.
These include peace and security issues, global financial and economic
crisis, climate change and developments in the Middle East, the statement says.
On the sidelines of the summit, the prime minister is scheduled to meet his
counterparts from other NAM member countries to discuss issues related to
bilateral relations.
At the same time, his wife, Rosmah Mansor, is scheduled to attend
the inaugural NAM First Ladies Summ it here, with a general
debate on “The Role of Women in Crisis Management”.
Rosmah is attending the summit at the invitation of Mrs Suzanne Mubarak, the
wife of the Egyptian president.
In her address at the summit, Rosmah is scheduled to focus, among others, on
the role and contribution of the NAM Institute on the Empowerment of Women
(NIEW) based in Kuala Lumpur.
The NIEW and the NAM News Network, also based in Kuala Lumpur, were the two
initiatives mooted by Malaysia during its tenure as the movement’s chairman for
three years from 2003 before handing over to Cuba in 2006.
The NIEW had acted as a catalyst for the NAM member nations to promote and
conduct training programmes and studies for women’s empowerment.
Speaking to Malaysian journalists here, Anifah said the summit would, among
others, focus on the international financial crisis and its impact on NAM
members and the means to deal with the crisis.
"The summit will be a good forum for developing countries to share
information on the impact of the economic crisis and discuss ways to help each
other deal with it," he said.
He said the meeting would endorse several documents including the Sharm
E-Sheikh Declaration and a Declaration on Palestine.
Anifah said Malaysia would also stress the need to address the problem of
human trafficking at source countries as well as at the countries of final
destination.
"The international community needs to undertake concerted efforts by
improving cooperation and information exchange between states in order to
address effectively the issue of human trafficking either in the form of the
people being trafficked or of countries being used as transit points of human
trafficking," he said.
The summit, themed “International Solidarity for Peace and Development”,
will focus on ways to reactivate NAM in the current world situation as well as
to protect the interests of developing countries.
NAM is made up of 118 countries from Africa, Asia, South America and the
Caribbean.
This is the second time that Egypt is hosting the NAM summit after nearly
half a century since it convened the 2nd summit in 1964.
The movement was founded in 1961 at the height of the Cold War between
socialism and capitalism when developing countries decided to stand closer to
protect their rights and interests and voice their views to the world society.
Besides Cuban president Raul Castro, who is the chairman of the last
summit in Havana, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is also scheduled
to deliver his speech at the opening session.
-- BERNAMA
