The newly created Global South NGO Platform will yield beneficial results and become the voice of hundreds of millions of people represented in the Global South in various international organizations, including the UN, said Aygun Aliyeva, Executive Director of the State Support Agency for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) of Azerbaijan, Report informs.
Speaking to journalists within the framework of the founding conference of the Global South NGO Platform, Aliyeva highlighted that the event was memorable for its interesting discussions.
"Over two days, Global South NGOs held discussions on the role of NGOs in combating climate change, a meeting of NGOs in the D-8 format, as well as discussions on combating fake news," he stated.
The director also discussed the bilateral cooperation memorandums signed today:
"The State Support Agency for NGOs of Azerbaijan signed memorandums of understanding with Chinese and Uzbek NGOs, while other local NGOs of Azerbaijan signed memorandums of agreement with seven foreign NGOs.”
Aliyeva also pointed out that her agency's relations with Global South NGOs will continue after this: “In future grant competitions, supporting the initiatives and ideas of NGOs operating in the Global South will be identified as one of the main priorities of the Agency."