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Bandung Conference
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Meeting of representatives from twenty nine newly independent Asian and African states held in Bandung, Indonesia, from 18 to 24 April 1955, organised by Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan. The conference adopted ten principles of international cooperation grounded in sovereignty, non-interference and peaceful coexistence, and its spirit of Third World solidarity became a direct precursor to the Non-Aligned Movement founded in 1961. Jawaharlal Nehru and Sukarno were among its leading organisers.
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This source names India directly: "organised by Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan."
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The 1955 conference's spirit of Afro-Asian solidarity is widely regarded as the direct precursor to the Non-Aligned Movement, founded in Belgrade in 1961.
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1. Bandung Conference (Britannica)
2. Afro-Asian Conference (EBSCO Research Starters)
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Bandung Conference (Wikipedia)
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The first large-scale Asian-African or Afro-Asian Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, which took place on 18-24 April 1955 in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.
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