No:146/23, Press release on the Conference of the Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned Movement
15 March 2023 15:15
On 13 March 2023, the next Conference of the Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned Movement was held in Manama, the Kingdom of Bahrain, within the framework of the 146th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
The Conference, chaired by Speaker of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Chairperson of the NAM Parliamentary Network, Ms. Sahiba Gafarova, was attended by members of legislative bodies of more than 60 countries in total, including speakers of parliaments of more than 20 NAM countries, as well as heads of international parliamentary institutions.
At the end of the Conference, a number of important decisions were adopted, including the Manama Declaration, a decision on granting observer status under the NAM Parliamentary Network to some international parliamentary institutions, and a decision on amending the Statute on the Working Modalities of the NAM Parliamentary Network.
One of the most important outcomes of the Manama Conference was the adoption of a decision on the establishment of a Parliamentary Support Group within the NAM Parliamentary Network for the initiatives put forward by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan as Chair of the NAM on the topic of post-pandemic global recovery within the framework of the Summit of the NAM Contact Group on the fight against COVID-19, held in Baku on 2 March.
It should be recalled that within the framework of the Summit, the head of state put forward initiatives calling on the UN Secretary-General to establish a High-Level UN Panel for the preparation of relevant recommendations on the topic of Global Challenges and post-pandemic global recovery, as well as support for small island developing states and African countries.