This
is
one
of
the
basic
tenets of
our
foreign
policy. NAM
has
given
a
voice
to
the
3rd
world
countries,
has
promoted
a
sense
of
solidarity
among
them.
Without
NAM
to
bind
them
together,
their
voice
would
have
gotten
lost
in
international
politics
and
these
countries
would
have
been
dominated
by
either
one
of
the
power
blocs. But
due
to
NAM,
we
have
a
VOICE. --->
1947:
Even
before
India
became
formally
free,
an
ASIAN
RELATIONS
CONFERENCE
hosted
at
Delhi --->
1955:
BANDUNG
CONFERENCE
-- A
conference
of
Afro-Asian
nations
held
in
Bandung,
Indonesia.
The
participating
states
did
not
belong
to
any
military
or
political
bloc The
10
principles
declared
here
contained
the
CORE
ESSENCE
of
the
PANCHSHEEL
which
were
to
be
declared
later
in
the
context
of
Sino-Indian
relations. --->
1961:
BELGRADE
SUMMIT:
NAM
was
founded
formally
at
BELGRADE,
Yugoslavia --->
India
has
ALWAYS
opposed
the
discriminatory
NPT
and
CTBT. --->
1986:
AFRICA
Fund
proposed
by
Rajiv
Gandhi AFRICA
=
Action
For
Resisting
Invasion,
Colonialism
and
Apartheid
Fund
--->
primarily
aimed
at
ending
apartheid,
especially
in
South
Africa Is
NAM
still
relevant
today? YES!
Consider
the
dominance
of
the
WTO,
the
World
Bank,
the
hegemony
of
the
western
powers,
the
dictatorial
attitude
of
the
P5
countries
who
are
unwilling
to
allow
any
change
in
the
UNSC
or
give
up
their
veto
powers,
the
tensions
between
RUSSIA
and
US,
the
Syria
issue,
the
Crimea
issue.
Is
NAM
still
relevant
today?
YES!
Consider
the
dominance
of
the
WTO,
the
World
Bank,
the
hegemony
of
the
western
powers,
the
dictatorial
attitude
of
the
P5
countries
who
are
unwilling
to
allow
any
change
in
the
UNSC
or
give
up
their
veto
powers,
the
tensions
between
RUSSIA
and
US,
the
Syria
issue,
the
Crimea
issue.