Maduro outlines final declaration of Non-Aligned Movement summit

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro approved on Sunday the final declaration of the 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

In a speech at the summit being held on the Venezuelan island of Margarita, Maduro, who currently serves as NAM president, said the Margarita Declaration "is a historic document...with 21 points for this decade, for the democratization of relations and a world in which we can live."

He said the declaration would "move the world" as it "goes beyond the hegemony of the media, beyond the warlike spirit of the United States and its agenda of recolonization. We have a plan for a renewed fight for peace."

According to Maduro, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the NAM until 2019, the 21 points in the declaration cover revitalizing the group, consolidating a new international order, achieving self-determination for all people as well as nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, human rights, and anti-terrorism fight, among others.

The text also pushes for new alliances to be forged and to work on joint plans to fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Furthermore, the declaration lays out a vision for the UN reform, including the selection of the secretary-general, peacekeeping operations, the 2030 agenda and the promotion of education and technological development.

Maduro added that, as NAM president, Venezuela would continue to push for a multipolar world "free of imperialist forces." Endi