BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 20. The final declaration of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference held in Baku on the topic of “Promoting the rights and empowerment of women” was adopted, TurkicWorld reports.

The conference has been jointly organized by the Republic of Azerbaijan (the current chairman of the NAM), Uganda and Uzbekistan (the future chairmen of the NAM).

The event was held on the basis of initiatives voiced by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at a meeting of the NAM Coordination Bureau in July of this year.

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide.

The Non-Aligned Movement espouses policies and practices of cooperation, especially those that are multilateral and provide mutual benefit to all those involved.