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1961 Preparatory Meeting of the Non-Alignment Countries was held in Cairo, United Arab Republic (today Egypt) from 5 to 12 June 1961 to discuss the goals of a policy of nonalignment ahead of the 1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement which will take place in September of the same year in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia. [1]
The Non-Aligned Movement gained the most traction in the 1950s and early 1960s, when the international policy of non-alignment achieved major successes in decolonization, disarmament, opposition to racism and opposition to apartheid in South Africa, and persisted throughout the entire Cold War, despite several conflicts between members, and ...
Neutral and Non-Aligned European States, sometimes known by abbreviation NN states, [1] [2] was a Cold War era informal grouping of states in Europe which were neither part of NATO nor Warsaw Pact but were either neutral or members of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Yugoslavia was the proponent of equidistance towards both blocs during the Cold War and implicitly questioned the non-alignment of some of the movement's members. The country was the major advocate among the member states for moderate approach to numerous issues always highlighting the importance of non-attachment to superpower-led alliances.
The Non-Aligned Movement, formed during the collapse of the colonial systems and at the height of the Cold War, has played a key part in decolonization processes, according to its website.
The "three worlds" of the Cold War era, as of the period between 30 April and 24 June 1975. Neutral and non-aligned countries shown in grey.. Third-worldism is a political concept and ideology that emerged in the late 1940s or early 1950s during the Cold War and tried to generate unity among the countries that did not want to take sides between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Tanzania is an active and prominent member state of the Non-Aligned Movement since the days of independence of Tanganyika in 1961. [1] In early days of the movement President Julius Nyerere was recognized as one of the leading figures in the movement and among Third World leaders in general.
Malta was the third European member state of the Non-Aligned Movement (after charter members of Cyprus and SFR Yugoslavia) joining it in 1973. [1] The country remained a part of the movement until 2004 when one of the requirements of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union was for Malta to leave the Non-Aligned Movement.