Bandung Conference

The Bandung States was a loose connection between Asian and African countries, which had the end of colonialism, the struggle against racial discrimination and the cultural and economic co-operation.

After preparatory conferences in Colombo and Bogor in 1954, the first Afro-Asian Conference on 18 to 24 April 1955 in Bandung (Indonesia) was performed. Represented were 23 Asian and 6 African countries, which together accounted for more than half the world's population, but not the Soviet Union. Not invited were South Africa, Israel, Taiwan, South Korea and North Korea. Played an important role China, which used the conference to strengthen relations with other Asian countries at this conference, the participating States officially the self-designation of Third World developed for the first time as a distinction from the First ( West Block ), or the Second World ( Soviet bloc ) and as a synonym of the Non-Aligned Movement.

The Algerian National Front de Libération Nationale movement participated in the conference in 1955 with observer status in part.

At the Afro-Asian Solidarity Conference in Cairo (December 26 1957 to January 1, 1958 ) already participated in 43 states. Most of the participants were representatives of peace organizations, political parties and trade unions, including those from the Soviet Union. At this conference a decidedly anti-Western attitude of many participants showed.

The second Solidarity Conference in Conakry ( 11 to 15 April 1960) decided not to allow nuclear tests on African soil and was particularly hostile to the racial policies in South Africa. Also, all participating States were asked to support the struggle of the Algerian independence movement.

The fourth conference was held from 4 to 10 February 1963 in Moshi ( Tanganyika ) instead. This conference was attended by representatives of 60 states in part. It took decisions

The Bandung - states were controlled at the conference by a Principals Committee, which consisted of 27 members, of which stood a permanent secretariat of 12 members to the side. The Principals Committee stood in front of a Secretary-General. The Council met every year, the meeting was every two years in a capital of Asia or Africa. Seat of the Secretariat was Cairo.

In later years, the solidarity was increasingly undermined by differences among the participating countries so that the union no longer mattered.

The fourteenth Conference of Non-Aligned Countries was held from September 11 to 16, 2006 in Havana instead. The movement experienced a veritable resurrection here. From the now one hundred and eighteen Member States were represented hundred six ten. The other two (Haiti and St. Lucia) came during the conference at that. Four documents were adopted in Havana: the final document of the summit, the action plan of the movement, the political declaration and the document on Palestine.