Kuala Lumpur Declaration calls to revitalize NAM

The declaration established targets for prevention, treatment and financing. It recognized shared responsibilities but did not itself overcome patent barriers, unequal medicine access or shortages...

More than 91 percent of eligible voters participated in elections for an assembly tasked with drafting a constitution and preparing the transition to independence. The vote advanced self-government...

The UN conference assembled governments and civil society to address slavery, colonialism, racism and contemporary discrimination. NAM states pressed historical responsibility and structural...

The conference adopted a framework recognizing slavery and the slave trade as crimes against humanity and calling for action against racism. Its contested negotiations show both the reach and limits...

Leaders met as the United States prepared for war in Iraq and debated how to keep non-alignment relevant after the Cold War. They called for multilateralism, sovereign equality, development and a more...

The invasion proceeded without a new Security Council authorization explicitly permitting the use of force. NAM members opposed the war and invoked the UN Charter, while the crisis revealed how little...

The fall of Baghdad marked the rapid collapse of the Iraqi government, followed by occupation and prolonged conflict. NAM’s opposition to the invasion highlighted a persistent gap between sovereign...

Resolution 59/11 was adopted by 179 votes to 4. NAM members repeatedly backed the annual resolution, treating the embargo as unilateral coercion that constrained Cuba’s economic and political...

Leaders gathered in Jakarta to renew South-South cooperation and the Bandung principles of sovereignty, equality and opposition to colonialism. The anniversary linked NAM’s origins to a wider...

The General Assembly endorsed a broad reform agenda that included development, human rights and collective security. For NAM, the outcome reflected long-running calls to strengthen multilateral...