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Non-Aligned Movement

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The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. As of 2012, the movement has 120 members.

The purpose of the organization has been enumerated as to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries" in their "struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism, and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, domination, interference or hegemony as well as against great power and bloc politics," by Fidel Castro in the Havana Declaration of 1979. The countries of the Non-Aligned Movement represent nearly two-thirds of the United Nations' members and contain 55% of the world population. Membership is particularly concentrated in countries considered to be developing or part of the Third World, though the Non-Aligned Movement also has a number of developed nations such as Chile and Saudi Arabia, the latter of which is a member of the G20 (India is a G20 member as well).

Although many of the Non-Aligned Movement's members were actually quite closely aligned with one or another of the superpowers, the movement still maintained cohesion throughout the Cold War, even despite several conflicts between members which also threatened the movement. In the years since the Cold War's end, it has focused on developing multilateral ties and connections as well as unity among the developing nations of the world, especially those within the Global South.

Link: NAM

Official Web-Site

 

NAM map

 

Members, Observers and other participations

Full members Observers Special members
Afghanistan Argentina  
Algeria Armenia  
Angola Bosnia & Herzegovina  
Antigua & Barbuda Brazil  
Azerbaijan China  
Bahamas Costa Rica  
Bahrain Croatia  
Bangladesh El Salvador  
Barbados Kazakhstan  
Belarus Kyrgyzstan  
Belize Mexico  
Benin Montenegro  
Bhutan Paraguay  
Bolivia Serbia  
Botswana Tajikistan  
Brunei Ukraine  
Burkina Faso Uruguay  
Burundi    
Cambodia    
Cameroon    
Cape Verde    
Central African Republic    
Chad    
Chile    
Colombia    
Comoros    
Congo - Brazaville    
Congo - Kinshasa    
Cuba    
Djibouti    
Dominica    
Dominican Republic    
Ecuador    
Egypt    
Eritrea    
Eswanti - Swaziland    
Ethiopia    
Fiji    
Gabon    
Gambia    
Ghana    
Grenada    
Guatemala    
Guinea Equatorial    
Guinea-Bissau    
Guyana    
Haiti    
Honduras    
India    
Indonesia    
Iran    
Iraq    
Ivory Coast    
Jamaica    
Jordan    
Kenya    
Korea North    
Kuwait    
Laos    
Lebanon    
Lesotho    
Liberia    
Libya    
Madagascar    
Malawi    
Malaysia    
Maldives    
Mali    
Mauritania    
Mauritius    
Mongolia    
Morocco    
Mozambique    
Myanmar / Burma    
Namibia    
Nepal    
Nicaragua    
Niger    
Nigeria    
Oman    
Pakistan    
Palestine    
Panama    
Papua New Guinea    
Peru    
Philippines    
Qatar    
Rwanda    
Saint Kitts    
Saint Lucia    
Saint Vicent    
Sao Tome & Principe    
Saudi Arabia    
Senegal    
Seychelles    
Singapore    
Somalia    
South Africa    
Sri Lanka    
Sudan    
Suriname    
Syria    
Tanzania    
Thailand    
Timor East    
Togo    
Trinidad & Tobago    
Tunisia    
Turkmenistan    
Uganda    
United Arab Emirates    
Uzbekistan    
Vanuatu    
Venezuela    
Vietnam    
Yemen    
Zambia    
Zimbabwe    

 

 

 

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