| NAM News Network | |
| Abbreviation: | NNN |
| Predecessor: | Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool |
| Purpose: | News agency |
| Headquarters: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Secretariat) |
| Parent Organisation: | Non-Aligned Movement |
The NAM News Network (NNN) is a news agency established by countries of the Non-Aligned Movement to disseminate news which are not prejudicial to the third-world countries. It is run by Bernama, the national news agency of Malaysia and funded by the Malaysian government.[1]
The formation of the agency was requested by Malaysia and the decision was made during the Sixth Conference of Ministers of Information of Non-Aligned Countries (COMINAC VI) hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in November 2005.[2] It planned to start in 2007.[3] The agency was created after the earlier network, Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool (NANAP), fell into disuse in the mid-1990s.[4]
NAM News Network's stated mission is to promote information and news from a developing country perspective[4] and to be "a valuable alternative for the Western news dominance", essentially revitalizing Non-Aligned Movement's original intention with NANAP but now equipped with the technology of Internet.[5] It was also set up as a working platform and central hub for accredited news organizations within NAM countries to publish and reuse content.[4]
According to the agency's website, "the NNN sees itself as an alternative source of information rather than being in competition with other major news services. Essentially it would serve as a conduit for NAM member countries to tell their story and use it as a yet another tool of communication for them."[6]
The agency's secretariat is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The national news agency Bernama serves as NNN's coordinating body.[4]