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The Non-Aligned Movement


Guiding Principles

1. Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty
2. Mutual non-aggression
3. Mutual non-interference in domestic affairs
4. Equality and mutual benefit
5. Peaceful co-existence

Members

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(light blue states have observer status)


1. Afghanistan
2. Algeria
3. Angola
4. Antigua and Barbuda
5. Bahamas
6. Bahrain
7. Bangladesh
8. Barbados
9. Belarus
10. Belize
11. Benin
12. Bhutan
13. Bolivia
14. Botswana
15. Brunei
16. Burkina Faso
17. Burundi
18. Cambodia
19. Cameroon
20. Cape Verde
21. Central African Republic
22. Chad
23. Chile
24. Colombia
25. Comoros
26. Congo
27. Côte d'Ivoire
28. Cuba
29. Democratic Republic of Congo
30. Djibouti
31. Dominica
32. Dominican Republic
33. Ecuador
34. Egypt
35. Equatorial Guinea
36. Eritrea
37. Ethiopia
38. Gabon
39. Gambia
40. Ghana
41. Grenada
42. Guatemala
43. Guinea
44. Guinea-Bissau
45. Guyana
46. Haiti
47. Honduras
48. India
49. Indonesia
50. Iran
51. Iraq
52. Jamaica
53. Jordan
54. Kenya
55. Kuwait
56. Laos
57. Lebanon
58. Lesotho
59. Liberia
60. Libya
61. Madagascar
62. Malawi
63. Malaysia
64. Maldives
65. Mali
66. Mauritania
67. Mauritius
68. Mongolia
69. Morocco
70. Mozambique
71. Myanmar
72. Namibia
73. Nepal
74. Nicaragua
75. Niger
76. Nigeria
77. North Korea
78. Oman
79. Pakistan
80. Palestine
81. Panama
82. Papua New Guinea
83. Peru
84. Philippines
85. Qatar
86. Rwanda
87. Saint Lucia
88. Saint Kitts and Nevis
89. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90. São Tomé and Príncipe
91. Saudi Arabia
92. Senegal
93. Seychelles
94. Sierra Leone
95. Singapore
96. Somalia
97. South Africa
98. Sri Lanka
99. Sudan
100. Suriname
101. Swaziland
102. Syria
103. Tanzania
104. Thailand
105. Timor Leste
106. Togo
107. Trinidad and Tobago
108. Tunisia
109. Turkmenistan
110. Uganda
111. United Arab Emirates
112. Uzbekistan
113. Vanuatu
114. Venezuela
115. Vietnam
116. Yemen
117. Zambia
118. Zimbabwe

Observer Status

Armenia
Dominican Republic
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Kyrgvzstan
China (People’s Republic)
Mexico
Costa Rica
Paraguay
Croatia
Ukraine
Dominica
Uruguay

CURRENT RESOLUTIONS

None as of yet

PASSED RESOLUTIONS

None as of yet

FAILED RESOLUTIONS

None as of yet



Link to official NAM site here (http://www.nam.gov.za/)

That site hasn't been updated in 3 years

DAMN IT SWISS YOU ASS cant you just WAIT

and i put this thread up on Sheep's request so bugger off

NPC Nations signing on.

Boys, play nice.

Don't forget about Mercosur Ken- most SA countries have membership in it first, and its a semi-EU.

THe PRC is here.

Iran checking in

OOC: This, from here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement), might be helpful.

The 2006 meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement took place in Havana and Fidel Castro was elected President of the Movement.[1]. He was, however, unable to make an official appearance at the summit, having recently undergone gastric surgery. The job of host was assumed by Fidel's younger brother Raúl Castro, who had been the acting president of Cuba since his brother's operation. The summit ended with a declaration that condemned what many members saw as Israel's disproportionate military response to the kidnapping of two of its soldiers by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah (see 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict), called upon the United Nations to be more representative of its smaller member nations, gave support to Iran's nuclear energy plans, and criticized many of United States' foreign policies[2]. In section 119.14, the Nonaligned movement stated that the United States list of state-sponsors of terrorism was "a form of psychological and political terrorism" directed against members of the Non-Aligned Movement. The next NAM summit has been announced to be held in Cairo, Egypt.

Ghana, person who mentioned NAM is here.

Ghana does have some opinions about the apparant racism though our mission statement talks about anti-racism.

South Africa checking in.

the Democratic People Republic of Korea is here

Ghana, person who mentioned NAM is here.

Ghana does have some opinions about the apparant racism though our mission statement talks about anti-racism.

Please put forth your opinions.

Saudi Arabia checking in.

OOC: Israel-Zionism - Israel Outraged by Non-Aligned Movement

A Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) "final document" praising Lebanon for its "heroic resistance to the Israeli aggression" has irked government officials in Jerusalem because some countries with close bilateral ties with Israel are a part of the movement and, as such, ostensibly signed off on the resolution.

According to the 143rd clause of the 280-clause final document, "The Heads of State or Government expressed solidarity with and support for the Government and people of Lebanon, hailed their heroic resistance to the Israeli aggression, and emphasized the primordial importance of Lebanon's national unity and stability."

Among the NAM members are India, Thailand, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Philippines, Honduras and Guatemala, all countries with which Israel has strong relations.

"This is clearly unacceptable, and totally out of line with the good bilateral relations we have with some of the NAM countries," one government source said.

"Israel will pursue this topic with the members of this movement." Israel has relations with about 90 of the 118 NAM members.

The official said that while it was doubtful the foreign ministers of many of the countries even read the massive document and were aware of its content, these types of blatantly one-sided anti-Israel documents created a poisonous overall atmosphere.

"A document like this is used by all those who want to censure Israel, saying 'look what a 118-country movement has to say,'" the official said.

He added that it gave a "kosher certificate" to the most blatantly anti-Israel rhetoric.

Officials at the Indian, Thai, Ethiopian and Filipino embassies in Israel did not respond to questions about the resolution and whether it reflected their governments' policies.

As expected, other clauses in the document that dealt with Israel and the Palestinians were extremely critical.

For instance, clause 135 "strongly condemned Israel's continuation and escalation of its military aggression against the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip" and said that "such unlawful actions by the occupying Power constitute grave breaches of international law, i.e. reported war crimes, for which the perpetrators must be held accountable and brought to justice."

The only sliver of a silver lining to the whole document was the fact that a call to the member states to bar entry to "Israeli settlers" did not make it into the final resolution, but was included in a side document, a Declaration on Palestine, that does not carry the same weight within the movement as the summit's final document.

Source: jpost.com

This is just to prove the point about some racism in NAM. I will post official Ghanaian reasons (and not MY israeli ones) soon.

Also, this is effectively a bump.

Pakistan checking in.

India would like to see Isreal's official stance on this, just for clarity. This seems to be the most urgent of issue's currently on the table and hence moves that the resolution be brought back up for a second vote.

well that would be partially due to the fact that our movement is based on neutrality, we cant really take a firm stance on anything

well thats dumb

Cyprus is here.

ooc: Also cyprus is not listed as a member country yet is marked in Dark blue on the map.

oh look I guess I'm a member

Welcome to 2008.

Ukriane checking in.

the DPRK would like to enquire weither or not we actually have anything worth discussing

i dont think so lol

then we would like to submit a proposal that we alternate turns in bringing some kind of snacks and or video games to these meetings

The delegate from Morocco will mooch off everyone else's snacks but will conveniently forget to bring any of his own.

Please find something important and ON TOPIC to say please.

its hard when you have an entire group based on not being Aligned with anything.... as far as i know i'm on topic

Well if one of us gets invaded or attacks someone it will be more useful. Until then though.

India proposes the following topic.

The current year has brought much violence and terror to the world's people. Hence the Republic of India puts forth the idea that all the nations in NAM compile their inteligence on any terrorist activity they may have been monitoring and put it onto the international scene. (that being to governments)

For orginization purposes India also proposes that a committee be made to coordinate this effort and to catagories any inteligence report given. This would be some what like an International Inteligence Committee. This way any information on terrorist from any corner of the globe can be discovered and put on the floor for discussion and proposals of action.

India also suggests that NAM work with the UN and coordinate any action taken (though i dont think NAM can take military action, being Non-Aligned and all)

Pakistan expresses its condolences for the terroist attacks on India.

We find India's proposal to have merits, however we are a bit wary that sharing of intelligence may compromise national security.

India would like to stress that this is not yet a resolution and it has many holes in it. We hope that with the suggestions of other nations that these holes will be filled.

The sharing of intelligence would of course pertain to terrorism and be only that which the country who is giving, wishes to release.

In the Prime Ministers mind the main goal of this Committee of Intelligence, would be to compile an accurate intelligence report(s) of terrorist activity across the globe.

Suggestions are welcome and encouraged.

the DPRK would prefer to not share intelligence, especially if we are to coordinate with the UN, due to the fact that many UN members are hostile to our existance

South Africa would be more then happy to share intelligence, but only when it pertains to other nations well being. At the moment, we have no significant information on terrorist groups outside of Africa.

To the DPRK

We understand your reluctance but yet again we stress that this only intelligence that you yourself wish to put forth about Terrorism.

Togo-Ghana will have our eyes out for information and share ALL terrorist-related information with the world.

As will Ukraine, we have nothing to hide and is glad to aid the world in their fight against Terrorism.

Malaysia checking in.