Modern Era · Southeast Asia · Politics
1955
Bandung Conference
April 18, 1955
Twenty-nine newly independent Asian and African nations met in the Indonesian city of Bandung and declared themselves a non-aligned force in world politics, rejecting both Cold War blocs. Nehru, Sukarno, Nasser, and Zhou Enlai dominated the speeches. The Third World had discovered itself as an idea and a voting bloc at the UN.
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