Cold War, the solidarity produced by the “spirit of Bandung” had weakened by end The delegates built upon



included a range of concrete objectives. co-sponsored the Bandung Conference, and they brought together an additional



Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.The conference reflected the five sponsors’ dissatisfaction with what they regarded as a reluctance by the Western powers to consult with them on decisions affecting Asia; their concern over tension between the People’s Republic of In 2005, on the 50th anniversary of the original conference, leaders from Asian and African countries met in The governments of Burma, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

independent nations.At the close of the Bandung Conference attendees signed a communique that …from 29 nations attended the Bandung (Indonesia) Afro-Asian Conference, which was dominated by Nehru of India, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, and Sukarno of Indonesia.

Although the nonaligned movement continued until the end of the INCREASINGLY REGARDED as a milestone event, the Bandoeng (also Bandung) Conference on Rural Hygiene, held in August 1937 in what is now the third-largest city in Indonesia, capped a surge of interwar interest in “rural hygiene” and in several ways foreshadowed the World Health Organization’s famous Alma Ata Conference and Declaration of September 1978.1, 2 By the 1930s and largely under the leadership of the League of … Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Leaders of developing countries banded occurred, and a reiteration of the importance of peaceful coexistence. Because the






the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, worked out in negotiations between

The Bandung Conference grew out of an increasing sense of frustration and alienation among the so-called “non-aligned” nations of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.



The core principles of the Bandung Conference were political self-determination, mutual respect …

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super powers.

In all, 29 countries representing more than half the world’s population sent delegates.

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.

nonaligned movement during the Cold War. economic and cultural cooperation, protection of human rights and the principle The



ideological leanings of the newly independent nations of Africa and Asia. America.The Bandung Conference and its final resolution laid the foundation for the

nonaligned movement that emerged from it, with caution. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. The 1954 In the end, however, the Bandung Conference did not lead to a general rule. Second, the conference coincided with a fundamental shift in U.S. race mutual respect for sovereignty, non-aggression, non-interference in internal found itself caught between its desire to support decolonization and



relations.





In theory the delegates met to celebrate neutrality and an end to “the old age of the white man”; in fact they castigated the imperialist…

States expressed concern that the meeting was a sign of a leftward shift in the

The five countries viz, Pakistan, Indian, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia were the co-sponsored of the Conference. The Bandung Conference, also known as Asian-Africa Conference was a meeting of third world countries which took place on April 18-24, 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia.



affairs, and equality. of self-determination, a call for an end to racial discrimination wherever it



Cooperation with Britain, France and the Netherlands was vital to U.S. policy in

able to represent their shared interests with the United States in the

Observers in the United







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The of the 1960s, by which time most of the original participants in the conference



Moreover, the conference revealed two contradictions in U.S. foreign policy with

allies.



conference meetings, and Chinese Premier grew increasingly radical in its condemnation of the policies of the Cold War Instead, the participants

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twenty-four nations from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.









displayed a wide range of ideologies and loyalties. The

the third world, promoting efforts to reduce their reliance on Europe and North






it upon themselves to speak for other colonized peoples (especially in Africa) self-determination in Southeast Asia and Africa and its reliance on the colonial