Non-Aligned Movement ministers convene in Kampala

KAMPALA - The 19th Midterm Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) officially opened on Wednesday in Munyonyo, Kampala, with foreign affairs ministers from member states convening under the chairmanship of Uganda’s minister, Gen. Jeje Odongo Abubakkar.

The two-day meeting, running from October 15-16, 2025, brings together top diplomats from across the world to review the implementation of resolutions adopted at the 19th NAM Summit held in Kampala in January 2024 and to deliberate on new and emerging global challenges of shared concern.

According to the official statement from the meeting, the ministers “reaffirmed and underscored the Movement’s abiding faith in and strong commitment to its founding principles, ideals, and purposes, particularly in establishing a peaceful and prosperous world and a just and equitable world order, as well as to the purposes and principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter.”

The Kampala meeting aims to evaluate progress made since Uganda assumed the Chairmanship of NAM and to reinforce the Movement’s unity and effectiveness at a time of shifting geopolitical dynamics.

The ministers expressed deep appreciation to the Government and people of Uganda for organising and hosting conference.

They also extended their gratitude to President Yoweri Museveni, in his capacity as Chair of the NAM, “for his efforts to promote and defend the principled positions of the Movement and the interests of its Member States in the international and multilateral arena, as well as for his role in advancing the revitalization and strengthening of the Movement, while fostering unity and solidarity amongst its membership.”

In reaffirming NAM’s enduring role in promoting multilateralism and equitable global development, the Ministers reiterated “the continued relevance, validity, and adherence to all principled positions and decisions of the Movement as contained in the substantive outcome documents of the 19th NAM Summit held in Kampala, and the preceding eighteen Summit Conferences of the Movement, as well as all preceding Ministerial Conferences or Meetings.”

They further emphasised their determination “to preserve and act in keeping with the Bandung Principles and the purposes and principles of the Non-Aligned Movement in the present international juncture, as agreed in the Declaration on the Purposes and Principles and the Role of the Non-Aligned Movement in the Present International Juncture adopted at the 14th NAM Summit in Havana, and the Bali Commemorative Declaration on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement.”

The ministers also acknowledged the Chair’s Report on the Movement’s activities since the Kampala Summit, noting that it “showed significant progress in implementing the NAM Plan of Action as stipulated in the Kampala Final Document and the Kampala Declaration, which contributed positively in the process of strengthening and revitalising the Non-Aligned Movement.”

President Museveni is expected to address the meeting today and highlight Uganda’s leadership in steering the Movement toward renewed engagement on issues of peace, development, and global justice, in line with NAM’s historic mission of representing the collective voice of developing nations in world affairs.