NY Times: Ki-Moon’s Participation in NAM Summit A Blow to US, “Israel”
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The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to take part in the upcoming NAM summit in Tehran is proof that the US and "Israel's" anti-Iran policy has failed to find followers in much of the global scene, The New York Times wrote on Wednesday.
"The American-"Israeli" campaign" against Iran "is not resonating in much of the world," it stated.
The newspaper noted that Ki-Moon's decision "reinforced Iran's contention that a reordering of powers is underway in the Middle East where Western influence is waning."
"The 120 countries that are in the Non-Aligned Movement represent the biggest single voting bloc in the 193-member General Assembly at the United Nations," the daily further wrote.
Earlier on Wednesday, Ki-Moon's spokesman Martin Nesirky announced the secretary-general's decision to partake in the summit, despite strong opposition from the United States and "Israel".
Previously, the US and the "Israeli" regimes had urged the UN secretary general to refrain from attending the meeting of NAM and had even termed Ban's possible trip to Tehran a "big mistake."
Sources reported that some 51 countries have so far announced their participation in the 16th heads-of-state summit of the NAM at the highest level, and added that the number is growing.
The summit will be held in the Iranian capital from August 26 to 31, during which the Islamic Republic will assume the rotating presidency of the movement for three years.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei will address the summit.
NAM, an international organization with 120 member states and 21 observer countries, is considered to be not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
Nearly two-thirds of the United Nations' members are also NAM members which represent 55% of the world population, particularly countries considered to be developing or part of the Third World. NAM's purpose, as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979, is to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries."
Source: News Agencies, edited by moqawama.org
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to take part in the upcoming NAM summit in Tehran is proof that the US and "Israel's" anti-Iran policy has failed to find followers in much of the global scene, The New York Times wrote on Wednesday.
"The American-"Israeli" campaign" against Iran "is not resonating in much of the world," it stated.
The newspaper noted that Ki-Moon's decision "reinforced Iran's contention that a reordering of powers is underway in the Middle East where Western influence is waning."
"The 120 countries that are in the Non-Aligned Movement represent the biggest single voting bloc in the 193-member General Assembly at the United Nations," the daily further wrote.
Earlier on Wednesday, Ki-Moon's spokesman Martin Nesirky announced the secretary-general's decision to partake in the summit, despite strong opposition from the United States and "Israel".Previously, the US and the "Israeli" regimes had urged the UN secretary general to refrain from attending the meeting of NAM and had even termed Ban's possible trip to Tehran a "big mistake."
Sources reported that some 51 countries have so far announced their participation in the 16th heads-of-state summit of the NAM at the highest level, and added that the number is growing.
The summit will be held in the Iranian capital from August 26 to 31, during which the Islamic Republic will assume the rotating presidency of the movement for three years.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei will address the summit.
NAM, an international organization with 120 member states and 21 observer countries, is considered to be not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
Nearly two-thirds of the United Nations' members are also NAM members which represent 55% of the world population, particularly countries considered to be developing or part of the Third World. NAM's purpose, as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979, is to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries."
Source: News Agencies, edited by moqawama.org
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