UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Egypt next week, a spokesman said.

Ban will participate on Wednesday in the summit, scheduled to take place July 11-16 at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, said spokesman Farhan Haq.

At the summit, Egypt will replace Cuba at the helm of the movement.

Founded in 1955, NAM counts some 118 member states that represent 56 percent of the global population. NAM states consider themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. -AFP