KATHMANDU, JUNE 30
Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has said the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Parliamentary Network has been a milestone towards strengthening the values and principles of the movement. It has added substance to the multidimensional nature of cooperation within the movement, he added.
Addressing the NAM Parliamentary Network in Azerbaijan today, Speaker Sapkota said, "Engaging the parliaments in the movement's deliberations contributes to bringing this global agenda closer to the people. Such engagements will further help sustain and enrich our shared goals under the movement," he said.
He argued that NAM had been successful in ensuring freedom, independence, democracy and justice for countries around the world.
"Despite the achievements, we continue to face newer and recurrent issues, ranging from conflict to climate change and economic recession and price rise. The ever widening inequality between the rich and the poor as well as energy crisis and food insecurity has been added to the list," he said.
"Amid the emergence of the geopolitical tensions, the world has seen an unprecedented level of arms race, with military expenditure ever rising among the great powers as well as aspiring powers."
The relevance of NAM has been even greater in the context of these challenges of global scale, including the ongoing geopolitical issues.
Speaker Sapkota also called upon all the leaders of the world, including those from the movement, to join hands in a bid to realise the shared future characterised by progress, prosperity, justice and equality.
A version of this article appears in the print on July 1, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
