NAM ministerial meeting concludes after approving draft documents

by Xinhua writers Yu Zhixiao, Yang Jingzhong

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Over 100 foreign ministers or their representatives of the 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit closed their two-day meeting here on Tuesday after adopting various draft documents.

Staff members do the preparation work at the lobby of the summit hall of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on July 14, 2009. The 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit will kick off on Wednesday in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said at a press conference after the meeting that the draft documents, including the main "Draft Final Document," would be submitted to the NAM summit on Wednesday morning.

He said some 55 presidents would attend the summit, which is slated for Wednesday and Thursday in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city.

It is the second time that Egypt, one of the movement's founders, hosts a NAM summit. The country held one in 1964.

The ministerial meeting was devoted to the general debate under the summit's theme of International Solidarity for Peace and Development as well as the impact and causes of the world financial crisis.

The meeting also adopted The Sharm El Sheikh Summit Declaration and another draft declaration condemning the decades-long economic and trade embargo imposed on Cuba as well as the draft declaration to make July 18 of every year a Nelson Mandela day, among other documents.