Major takeaways from Azerbaijani president’s address to NAM summit-level meeting

Baku’s eye-catching, ultra-modern Heydar Aliyev Centre hosted the summit-level meeting of NAM Contact Group in response to Covid-19 on post-pandemic global recovery under the chairmanship of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev with representatives from about 70 NAM member nations & international organizations in attendance.

Presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, and Libya; Vice-Presidents of Cuba, Gabon, and Tanzania; Prime Ministers of Algeria and Kenya, including high-ranking representatives of various countries took part in the event.

The conduct of the high-level event in Baku and full-scale measures are afresh demonstrations of Azerbaijan’s pivotal contribution and determination to elevate NAM’s standing and impact on global developments. Azerbaijan’s hosting of this important summit where global issues are discussed is a manifestation of the importance the country attaches to multilateralism and global solidarity.

As NAM chair, Azerbaijan aims to defend justice & international law

“As a chair of NAM, our aim is to defend justice and international law,” President Ilham Aliyev told the Summit-level Meeting of the NAM Contact Group in response to COVID-19 on post-pandemic global recovery in Baku.

“Right after the beginning of the pandemic, it was NAM that took the initiative to mobilize global efforts to counter Covid-19,” the president underscored.

Azerbaijan strongly supports institutional development of Non-Aligned Movement

Emphasizing that Azerbaijan initiated the establishment of the NAM Parliamentary Network and the

NAM Youth Organization, the president said that the “goal is to create institutional sustainability and to leave a successful legacy to the members who will take over the chairmanship after Azerbaijan”.

Convening UNGA Special Session gained huge support

“I suggested convening the UN General Assembly Special Session at the leaders’ level at the NAM Online Summit in May 2020. This proposal gained huge support among the UN member states,” the Azerbaijani leader told the summit.

Criticism of selective approaches to decisions of leading international organizations

“The decisions of the leading international organizations are not either implemented or the selective approach and double standards are being applied,” Ilham Aliyev said in criticism of similar approaches.