Prime Minister Narendra Modi ,during NAM virtual summit, said the novel coronavirus outbreak has exposed the limitations of the current global order and, after the pandemic, the world will need a new template of globalisation based on fairness and equality,

He called to NAM countries to stand together to ensure that the international community and the World Health Organization focus on building health capacities in developing countries.The meeting was convened at the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, in his capacity as chair of the Non Aligned Movement.

LEARNING WITH TIMES

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was created and founded during the collapse of the colonial system and the independence struggles of the peoples of Africa, Asia, Latin America and other regions of the world and at the height of the Cold War. During the early days of the Movement, its actions were a key factor in the decolonization process, which led later to the attainment of freedom and independence by many countries and peoples and to the founding of tens of new sovereign States. Throughout its history, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries has played a fundamental role in the preservation of world peace and security.

The Bandung Asian-African Conference is the most immediate antecedent to the creation of the Non-Aligned Movement. This Conference was held in Bandung on April 18-24, 1955.

A key role was played in this process by the then Heads of State and Government Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Shri Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Ahmed Sukarno of Indonesia and Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, who later became the founding fathers of the movement and its emblematic leaders.

Six years after Bandung, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries was founded on a wider geographical basis at the First Summit Conference of Belgrade, which was held on September 1-6, 1961

The following purposes and principles of the movement in the present International juncture reflects that the movement has not lost its relevance after the end of Cold War and in the present international globalized order North South Divide, South South Cooperation, Multilateral, Equal and Differential Treatment and other issues concerning the third world countries reflects that NAM has more pressing issues to deal with and still has relevance in present time

•   To promote and reinforce multilateralism; To condemn all manifestations of unilateralism and attempts to exercise hegemonic domination in international relations.
• To strengthen the central role that the United Nations; To promote the strengthening and democratization of the UN.
• A forum of political coordination of the developing countries to promote and defend their common interests in the system of international relations.
• To promote and encourage sustainable development through international cooperation  under equal conditions and opportunities but with differentiated responsibilities.
• To continue pursuing universal and non-discriminatory nuclear disarmament, as well as a general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.

In conclusion, The Non-Aligned Movement, faced with the goals yet to be reached and the many new challenges that are arising, is called upon to maintain a prominent and leading role in the current International relations in defense of the interests and priorities of its member states and for achievement of peace and security for mankind.