Old is gold remains the Cong mantra

While supporting the Government moves to stamp out terrorism and welcoming positive trends in Indo-US relations, the Congress rejected ‘‘the concept of a unipolar world’’ and noted that ‘‘the significance of NAM must not be undermined despite the dramatic changes in the world.’’

‘‘The West versus East picture has changed but the North versus South picture has acquired an equally critical importance. “India must now take a lead in rejuvenating the NAM so as to make it indispensable for addressing the agenda of the first decade of this century.’’

Maintaining that ‘‘Russia’s security concerns in Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus are not only understood in India but also substantially shared,’’ the Congress drove home the point that an ‘‘ASEAN-India summit could certainly open up new vistas of development, provided government acts with sustained urgency.’’

On the West Asia issue, the resolution said India must ‘‘ensure a just settlement of the conflict with the establishment of a sovereign independent state for Palestinians.’’

Finally, in the context of a nuclear free world, the Congress said: ‘‘India’s own experience of gaining freedom, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the death of apartheid, the reunification of Vietnam…show us the alternative to the path of unimaginable destruction.’’