Activists from Iran, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Syria, and Tibet are gathering for the fifth Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.
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UN Chief Arrives In Tehran For NAM Summit
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Tehran to attend the Nonaligned Movement (NAM) summit and hold talks with top Iranian leaders.
Iran Aligns Itself For An Image Makeover
When Iran hosts a five-day summit of the Nonaligned Movement this week, it will be doing more than just staging its largest international event in more than a decade. It will be taking steps to shed its image as a global pariah.
North Korea’s Kim Yong-nam to attend Iran summit
North Korea’s head of parliament, Kim Yong-nam will visit Iran and briefly attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit, North Korea’s media report.
Ban Ki-moon will attend Tehran NAM summit
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to attend NAM summit in Tehran despite pressures to boycott the meeting.
Iranian state will shut down for 5 days to host summit
An Iranian news agency says most government offices will be closed for five days during a non-aligned summit meeting at the end of the month.
Saudi invites Iran for extraordinary Muslim summit
Saudi King Abdullah invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for an extraordinary summit of Muslim leaders to be held this month in the holy city of Mecca, state news agency SPA reported Sunday.