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The Bandung Conference
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Synopsis
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European NAvigator. Etienne Deschamps. Translated by the CVCE.
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Asia, Bandung conference, decolonisation, peaceful co-existence
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HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1950–1956 The formation of the community of Europe >> The beginnings of decolonisation and the emergence of the non-aligned states >> The Bandung Conference
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The Bandung Conference
At the Bandung Conference, which took place from 17 to 24 April 1955 in Indonesia, twenty-nine delegates from African and Asian countries met to affirm their desire for independence and their refusal to align with the world powers. The newly independent African states were effectively trying to support those third world countries yet to gain independence in their struggle for emancipation. All those participating in the conference were agreed in their desire to cooperate and in their opposition to colonialism. They demanded: – the decolonisation and emancipation of African and Asian peoples; – peaceful coexistence and economic development; – non-interference in internal affairs. The Conference had a considerable psychological impact. It underlined the fundamental rights of colonised peoples and bore witness to the strength of their resistance to European domination. Feeling that their positions in their overseas territories were increasingly under threat, the European powers would soon have no choice but to turn towards unity, and to wonder how best to preserve privileged relations with their colonies.
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| See also |
Cartoon by Mitelberg on the Bandung Conference (1955)
Decolonisation in Asia (1945_2002)
Visit by Nikita Kruschev to the United States (15 September 1959)
Declaration by the Commonwealth Prime Ministers (28 April 1949)
Indian independence (15 August 1947)
Cartoon by Efimov on peaceful coexistence (20 September 1955)
Chronology of events in Algeria (1954–1962)
The Helsinki Process: from the CSCE to the OSCE
Final Communiqué of the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council (Reykjavik, 24 and 25 June 1968)
Final Communiqué of the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council (Brussels, 4 and 5 December 1969)
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