The Big Powers Are Going Down, Thunders Ahmadinejad
July 30, 2008 
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave another ‘press conference’ in Tehran where he ranted against the West for for nuclear proliferation, AIDS and other global ills and accused them of exploiting the UN and other organizations for their own gain - and the developing world’s loss.
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The big powers are going down,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told foreign ministers of the Nonaligned Movement meeting in Teheran. “They have come to the end of their power, and the world is on the verge of entering a new, promising era.”
Ahmadinejad made his comments during a meeting of the Non-Aligned Nations Movement [NAM] which consists of nations as diverse as communist Cuba, Jamaica and India, and as belligerent as Pakistan, Venezuela and Iran.
The majority of NAM’s members share a critical view of the US and the developed world in general. And with Iran assuming the chairmanship of the conference Tuesday, Ahmadinejad’s keynote speech was tailored to reflect the struggle that some NAM members see themselves in against the world’s rich and powerful countries.
A draft of the final document that ministers will be asked to approve, made available to The Associated Press as the conference opened Tuesday, reflected that struggle.
“The rich and powerful countries continue to exercise an inordinate influence in determining the nature and direction of international relations, including economic and trade relations, as well as rules governing these relations, many of which are at the expense of developing countries,” it said.
NAM countries oppose “unilaterally imposed measures by certain states … the use and threat of use of force, and pressure and coercive measures as a means to achieving their national policy objectives,” said the draft.�
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