About 60 delegations participate in the conference, including NAM member countries and states having observer status under the organization, representatives of international organizations as well as high-ranking officials invited as special guests.
In her opening speech, Chairwoman of Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Affairs Bahar Muradova read the address of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev to the participants.
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is the world’s largest international organization after the United Nations, which currently comprises 120 members spread across all four corners of the globe.
This forum is the second largest organization after the United Nations. Today, approximately 55 percent of the world’s population lives in NAM member-states. These countries have more than 75 percent of the world’s oil reserves and more than 50 percent of gas reserves, as well as the largest human and natural resources.