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- Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), international organization dedicated to representing the interests and aspirations of developing countries. In the early 21st century the Non-Aligned Movement counted 120 member states. The Non-Aligned Movement emerged in the context of the wave of decolonization that followed World War II.
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May 8, 2024 · Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), international organization dedicated to representing the interests and aspirations of developing countries. The NAM was founded and held its first conference in 1961 under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Jawaharlal Nehru, Kwame Nkrumah, and Sukarno.
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 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.
Formed during the height of the Cold War, the Non-Aligned Movement served as a middle ground for countries unwilling to ally themselves with either the United States or the Soviet Union.
- Principles and Contradictions
- Non-Alignment Today
- A View on Global Governance
A conference - in this case the XVII summit of the heads of state and government of the Non-Aligned Movement - can do no more than issue media communiqués. The NAM has merely a modest coordinating office adjacent to the United Nations in New York, and even its conferences are three years or more apart. Its member states enjoy cohesion on few issues...
The best way to get a sense of the NAM in the 21st century is to summarise its media communiquéat the end of its 17th summit which was hosted in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This laid out its objectives as 1. strengthening and revitalisation of the NAM; 2. strengthening international peace and security; 3. the right to self-determination. ...
Another theme was for reform in global governance. This included reform of the UN by strengthening the powers of the General Assembly, reforming the Security Council, and the need for geographic rotation and gender equality in choosing the Secretary-General. The resolution also called for reform of the international financial institutions, the Bret...
- Keith Gottschalk
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is an international organization (group of countries) who do not want to be officially aligned with or against any major power bloc (group of countries). In 2024, the movement had 121 members and 27 observers. The group was started in Belgrade in 1961.
Oct 1, 2016 · The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) tried to transcend the Cold War, but the NAM ended up as one of the Cold War's chief victims. During the movement's first dozen years (1961–1973), four Cold War developments shaped its agenda and political orientation.
The Non-Aligned Movement developed within the context of two of the most important global developments of the second half of the 20th century: decolonization and the Cold War.
