The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has proposed allocating a budget line of Shs4 billion and Shs2 billion to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, earmarked for post-summit activities of the Non-Aligned Movement and G77+China, respectively, over the next three years.
This proposal was presented to the Committee on Budget on Tuesday during the presentation of a report on the 2024/2025 National Budget Framework Paper for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Uganda’s Foreign Missions.
The Deputy Chairperson of the committee, Fred Opolot, informed MPs on the Budget Committee that no funds were initially allocated for post-summit activities, despite Uganda’s Foreign Policy being implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Opolot said that the secretariats overseeing the Non-Aligned Movement would be responsible for hosting and participating in meetings at diplomatic and technical levels, as well as preparing documents in line with the outcome document, among other tasks.
He further mentioned that post-summit activities involve domestic and international travel to engage in extraordinary sessions of the Council of Foreign Ministers, as well as international conferences on the environment, human rights, trade, and disarmament. This is part of Uganda’s role as the Chair of NAM for the next three years.
