Role of peace and solidarity moments of BRICS Countries renewed
Manipur Information Centre
New Delhi, July 18: The two-day meeting of the Peace Organisations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) countries felt that the role of peace and solidarity movement of BRICS countries had to play in mobilizing the people of respective countries so that their governments were forced to take correct positions on all international developments as well as guarantee the peace, the stability and the progress in all regions.
The two-day meeting was held at Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Centre, Deendayal Upadhyay Marg here on July 17 and 18 under the auspices of the All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation(AIPSO). Three members of Parliament namely Manish Tiwari, Spokeperson of Indian National Congress, D. Raja and Sitaram Yechury were also on the dais in the meeting. About 50 selected delegates from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa attended the meeting. Former Minister of Manipur Dr M. Nara, the Vice President of the AIPSO also attended the meeting and took part in the deliberations. The present meeting was the continuation of the first ever meeting of the representatives of the peace movements from China, India and Russia which was held in Beijing on July 10-12 in 2009.
The meeting reaffirmed its resolve to support the declaration of the BRICS summits for a more equitable democratic world order that facilitated the inclusive growth for all. It further decided that the peace and solidarity organizations of the concerned countries would intensify their struggles to reach these goals and develop closer co-operation among themselves.
In the context, the meeting decided to coordinate their activities by organizing seminars regularly on topical issues related to the consequences of neo-liberal and imperialist globalization with deeper analysis; maintaining regular interactions among fraternal partners to buttress policy perspectives in order to achieve the goals of BRICS countries; mobilizing the people of BRICS countries for total nuclear disarmaments and sustainable development; and organizing more solidarity activities in support of the people of Palestine and other Arab countries.
The partner organization from BRICS countries agreed to organize such meetings under the title of “ BRICS People’s Forum” to enlarge the scale of participation of organizations and institutions from each countries.
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