From the news:

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP)–The Nonaligned Movement, the world’s biggest bloc after the U.N., emphatically backed Iran Tuesday in its nuclear standoff with the U.S., and condemned Israel for occupying Palestinian lands.

Meeting in Malaysia’s administrative capital, the foreign ministers of NAM member nations also demanded that Israel accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty without delay and open its nuclear facilities to international inspection.

On Iran, the ministers “re-affirmed the basic and inalienable right” of all countries to develop, produce and use atomic energy “for peaceful purposes, without any discrimination and in conformity with their respective legal obligations,” said a NAM statement at the end of the two-day meeting.

The declaration shies away from any criticism of Iran, which is accused by Washington and its allies of using its civilian nuclear program as a cover to produce nuclear weapons. Tehran has denied this, saying its nuclear program is merely to generate electricity.
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NAM’s 116 members – two were admitted Tuesday – are mostly developing countries that have little clout in the international arena. Some are stridently anti-U.S. nations such as Iran, North Korea and Cuba, in addition to formerly pro-Soviet India.

While NAM is in no position to change U.S. views on Iran, its collective voice can be seen as providing moral support to Tehran.

The NAM ministers issued a separate statement on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that condemned the “ongoing Israeli military campaign against the Palestinian people.”

Originally established as a bloc of countries officially unaffiliated with any of the major power blocs — the United States and the Soviet Union — in 1961, the organization was largely discredited because of its near outright alliance with the latter power. Most of its members are small, developing countries, so it makes up a large majority of the countries represented in the United Nations, and almost all of the governments are authoritarian in nature. Take a look at the map below to get an idea of where these ministers are coming from.

It shouldn’t be any surprise that this statement should come out of the NAM. Even after the end of the Soviet Union, it kept its predominantly anti-American mindset with regards to international relations. But then, dictators have always tended to be. This has discredited the movement in modern times, as it is obviously not a movement that has succeeded in the least bit in its supposed war against poverty.