Meeting of representatives from twenty nine newly independent Asian and African states held in Bandung, Indonesia, from 18 to 24 April 1955, organised by Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan. The conference adopted ten principles of international cooperation grounded in sovereignty, non-interference and peaceful coexistence, and its spirit of Third World solidarity became a direct precursor to the Non-Aligned Movement founded in 1961. Jawaharlal Nehru and Sukarno were among its leading organisers.
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Event DateConference ran 18-24 April 1955; date given is the opening day. Connections
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Source Decolonization (Wikipedia)
This source names India directly: "organised by Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan."
Source Bandung Conference (Britannica)
Influenced
The 1955 conference's spirit of Afro-Asian solidarity is widely regarded as the direct precursor to the Non-Aligned Movement, founded in Belgrade in 1961.
Source Bandung Conference (Britannica)
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1. Bandung Conference (Britannica)
Encyclopaedia BritannicaLead paragraph
Bandung Conference, a meeting of Asian and African states-organized by Indonesia, Myanmar (Burma), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, and Pakistan-which took place April 18-24, 1955, in Bandung, Indonesia. In all, 29 countries representing more than half the world's population sent delegates.
- Influenced: Non-Aligned Movement
View the Source 2. Bandung Conference (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationLead section, opening sentenceQuote, Lead section, opening sentence
The first large-scale Asian-African or Afro-Asian Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, which took place on 18-24 April 1955 in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.
3. Afro-Asian Conference (EBSCO Research Starters)
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LOCALE Bandung, Indonesia
Decolonization (Wikipedia)
Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State: Bandung Conference (Asian-African Conference), 1955
Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of StateIn Group: Conferences and Tribunals of the Postwar International Order, Page textQuote, In Group: Conferences and Tribunals of the Postwar International Order, Page text
In April, 1955, representatives from twenty-nine governments of Asian and African nations gathered in Bandung, Indonesia to discuss peace and the role of the Third World in the Cold War, economic development, and decolonization.
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