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Non-Aligned Movement

Also known as NAM

group of states which are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc

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The Non-Aligned Movement is a group of countries that choose not to formally ally themselves with any major world power or power bloc. This approach allows these nations to maintain independence in their foreign policy decisions rather than being tied to the interests of larger powers.

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Official website: csstc.org
Image: 2019-10-25 Non-Aligned Movement in Baku 1.jpg

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short name: BOL
Commons category: Non-Aligned Movement
inception: 1955-09-01

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The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 121 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. It was founded with the view to advancing interests of developing countries in the context of Cold War confrontation. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide.

The movement originated in the aftermath of the Korean War, as an effort by some countries to counterbalance the rapid bi-polarization of the world during the Cold War, whereby two major powers formed blocs and embarked on a policy to pull the rest of the world into their orbits. One of these was the pro-Soviet socialist bloc whose best known alliance was the Warsaw Pact, and the other the pro-American capitalist group of countries, many of which belonged to NATO. In 1961, drawing on the principles agreed at the Bandung Conference of 1955, the Non-Aligned Movement was formally established in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, through an initiative led by Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah, and Indonesian president Sukarno.