Samarkand Declaration
UN General Assembly and Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Voices and visions

Vijay Prashad talks about the speech by Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the UN General Assembly and the recent meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand

Will the Samarkand spirit revive the word ‘mutual’ in world affairs?

The keyword in the Samarkand Declaration seemed to be “mutual”: mutual respect, mutual trust, mutual consultation, and mutual benefit. It harks back to the Bandung Spirit with an emphasis on sovereignty and equality