The 13 leaders of NAM who have died since Baku summit
A list of the 13 NAM leaders who have died in the last four years of Azerbaijan's chairmanship was circulated to the leaders and delegates gathered inside the Rwenzori Convention Centre in Munyonyo, Kampala.
From left, Daniel Arap Moi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Fidel V. Ramos and Kenneth Kaunda are among the NAM ex-leaders who died between the Baku and Kampala summits. (AFP)
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When he started his address to the 19th Summit of Heads of States and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on Friday, the outgoing chair asked the meeting to observe a moment of silence for the forum's leaders who have passed away since the 2019 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
On Friday, Jeyhun Bayramov, the minister of foreign affairs and head of delegation of Azerbaijan and out-going chair of the NAM, chaired the opening of the meeting that led to handing over the chair to President Yoweri Museveni.
Bayramov represented the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
A list of the 13 NAM leaders who have died in the last four years of Azerbaijan's chairmanship was circulated to the leaders and delegates gathered inside the Rwenzori Convention Centre in Munyonyo, Kampala.
The deceased leaders include (with the year of death in brackets) former Kenyan presidents Daniel Arap Moi (2020) and Mwai Kibaki (2022), President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi (2020) and Tanzanian leader John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (2020).
Others are;
▪️ Jerry John Rawlings (former President of Ghana - 2020)
▪️ Kenneth Kaunda (former President of Zambia - 2021)
▪️ Rupiah Banda (former President of Zambia - 2022)
▪️ Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (former President of UAE - 2022)
▪️ Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah (former Emir of Kuwait - 2023)
▪️ Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah (former Emir of Kuwait - 2020)
▪️ Sir Anerood Jugnauth (former President and Prime Minister of Mauritius - 2021)
▪️ Fidel V. Ramos (former President of the Philippines - 2022)
▪️ Benigno S. Aquino III (former President of the Philippines - 2021)
In his address, Azerbaijani foreign affairs minister Bayramov then gave a report on the activities of NAM from 2019-2024.
He said that the future will present as many challenges and opportunities as the past and that the movement must continue to remain strong, cohesive and resilient in order to address them and preserve the historic legacy of the movement.
"The continued relevance and validity of the movement will depend, in large measure, on the unity and solidarity of each of its member countries as well as their ability to influence these changes positively," said the outgoing chair representative.
"In this regard, the process of the revitalization and strengthening of the movement must continue to be proactive, advanced and consolidated."