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• International
• Politics and Government
• 11 / 04 / 2007

As an example of this hegemony, Dr. Quevedo mentioned that 20 per cent of the total population of developed countries uses 74 per cent of all existing telephone lines. Meanwhile, a large number of third world people are unaware of the existence of INTERNET and only 40 per cent living in underdeveloped nations have a TV service.

The two-day forum presided over by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque is attended by over a dozen official delegations, 220 businesspersons from 42 countries, 24 foreign chambers of commerce, and 80 Cuban entrepreneurs.

All NAM member and non-member participants seek to broaden their market scope and to explore possible ways to increase commercial exchange, in a world where developing countries handle only thirty per cent of the services and goods exchange operations.

The first working panel on Friday dealt with South-South cooperation in science, energy and the pharmaceutical-medical industries, as well as health and education. The second panel deals with economic cooperation and integration, while the third session will focus on international commerce and actual ways to broaden exchange.

Other speakers included Bolivia's Minister for Production and Micro-Enterprises Celinda Sosa; Iran's Commerce Minister Seyed Masoud Mirkazemi; Algeria's Minister of Commerce and Industry Djaaboub El-Hachemi; and the Belorussian Head of delegation Yuri Vasilievich Lositski.