Meeting of Heads of Non-Aligned Movement States to be held in Tehran

Summit of Heads of Non-Aligned Movement (Non-Aligned Movement - NAM) States will be held in 2012 in Iran, the spokesman said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast.

"I hope this summit will adopt important decisions on solving problems of the world community," - Mehmanparast said during weekly press conference today.

Formally founded in September 1961, NAM now groups 118 member states, 17 observer countries and 10 observer organizations. The Movement, which includes nearly two-thirds of UN member states and comprises 55% of the world population, focuses on striving for the interests of developing countries all over the world. The Non-Allied Movement unites 53 African, 38 Asian, 26 Latin American and one European country.


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