Uganda was endorsed to chair the Non-Aligned Movement on behalf of Africa for the period from 2022 to 2025, the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Adonia Ayebare made the announcement on Twitter and reiterated that the country remains a firm believer in the movement’s ideals.

All African countries, save for South Sudan, are members of the NAM.

The NAM chair position rotates every three years during summit conferences. The chair of the movement is assisted by both the former and incoming chairs. According to the movement, this structure represents the its past, present and future.

Azerbaijan currently chairs the NAM for the period between 2019 to 2022 having taken over from Venezuela.

The Non-Aligned Movement was formed in 1961 during the end of the colonial system and the independence struggles globally and at the height of the Cold War.

The NAM is composed of 120 member states from the developing world and is the largest forum for political coordination and consultation after and within the United Nations.

It is a forum that is not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.

Source:  Non-Aligned Movement, Twitter (Adonia Ayebare)