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The Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held in a video-conference format
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Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was held today upon the call of the Chairman of the NAM, President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. Due to the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time in history the summit takes place though a video-conference. Focused on the fight against coronavirus pandemic, the motto of the current summit is “United against COVID-19”.
President Aliyev convened the summit, followed by the speech by 74th President of the United Nations General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande.
Video messages by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat were screened to the summit members.