UN Secretary General Annan to attend NAM Summit

Havana, Sep 15: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will attend the 14th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit beginning here today.

A spokesman for Mr Annan said in New York that Mr Annan, in his remarks to the plenary session of the summit, ''is expected to speak about the transformation of NAM into a movement for the developing world, and the contribution of developing nations in changing the entire dynamic of international relations over the past few decades.'' ''He will call for a greater voice for the South in multilateral institutions, from the financial to the political,'' the spokesman said.

According to him, Mr Annan ''will also stress that with a larger voice comes larger responsibility, both globally and at home.'' The UN Secretary-General will also have bilateral meetings with several of the heads of state and government attending the summit, the spokesman added.

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