Non-Aligned Movement Condemns Israel Attacks

Representatives of 118 Non-Aligned Movement nations condemned Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and supported a peaceful resolution to the U.S.-Iran nuclear dispute in the final declaration of a summit that brought together some of the world’s staunchest American foes.

The 92-page declaration also broadly condemns terrorism, and although calling democracy a universal value, says no one country or region should define it for the world.

Cuban leader Fidel Castro was named president of the group, but he stayed home in his pajamas on doctors’ orders while acting Cuban President Raul Castro presided over the meeting of two-thirds of the world’s nations. The Non-Aligned Movement was formed in 1961 to establish a neutral third path in a world divided by allegiance between the U.S. and Soviet Union.