Movement (NAM) Ministerial Troika Meeting
24 January 2006
Tshwane â South African Foreign Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in her
capacity as the former Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), will host a
meeting of the NAM Troika, (comprising South Africa, Malaysia and Cuba) in Cape
Town scheduled from Thursday to Friday, 26 - 27 January 2006. Foreign Ministers
of Malaysia and Cuba Syed Hamid Albar and Felipe Perez Roque respectively will
attend the meeting in their capacities as current and incoming Chairs of the
NAM.
NAM, with 114 member countries, remains the largest political grouping of
countries outside of the United Nations itself. In this regard, South Africa
has placed a high premium on membership of this Movement in identifying areas
of common concern and support for implementation of the developmental agenda of
the South and the African agenda in particular. During South Africaâs tenure as
Chair, Minister Dlamini Zuma initiated the Zimbali process aimed at
revitalisation of the Movement and its structures.
This initiative was followed up at the Kuala Lumpur Summit in 2003 which
envisaged a more active role for both NAM Ministers and the Troika, to enable a
more rapid NAM response to global developments of importance to the Movement.
The meeting in South Africa reflects the increasing involvement of NAM
Ministers and the Ministerial Troika in this regard.
The Cape Town meeting will be used to prepare for the meeting of the NAM
Ministerial Co-ordinating Bureau (CoB) in Kuala Lumpur in May 2006 and as a
precursor to the XIV Summit in Havana, Cuba in September 2006.
Enquiries;
Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853
Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
24 January 2006
