7th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
7th Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement | |
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: Member states : Observers | |
Host country | |
Date | 7–12 March 1983 |
Cities | New Delhi |
Chair | Indira Gandhi |
Follows | 6th Summit (Havana, |
Precedes | 8th Summit (Harare, |
Seventh Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement on 7–12 March 1983 took place in New Delhi in India, one of the founders and leading members of the Non-Aligned Movement.[1] The summit followed the 1979 summit in Havana, Cuba at which confrontation between moderate member states led by SFR Yugoslavia and India and radical states led by Cuba led the movement into crisis.[2] The keynote address delivered by Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi.[1] At the summit in New Delhi Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia and Vanuatu were admitted as new member states, Papua New Guinea, Antigua and Barbuda as observers and Dominican Republic as an guest state.[2] Cambodia was absent from the meeting due to rival delegations controversy, Saint Lucia failed to send a delegation while Luxembourg's request for an guest status was rejected on formalistic deadline grounds.[3] 1,500 journalists followed the event.[3]
Participants
[edit]The following states participated at the Summit in New Delhi:[1]
Member states
[edit]Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Burundi
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cuba
Cyprus
North Korea
Djibouti
Ecuador
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Panama
Peru
Qatar
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Somalia
South West Africa People’s Organisation
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Syrian Arab Republic
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
Cameroon
Tanzania
Upper Volta
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Yemen Arab Republic
South Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Observers
[edit]Brazil
El Salvador
Mexico
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Uruguay
Venezuela
- African National Congress
- Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation
League of Arab States
- Organization of African Unity
- Organization of the Islamic Conference
- Pan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Socialist Party of Puerto Rico
United Nations
Guests
[edit]Austria
Dominican Republic
Finland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Holy See
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Red Cross
- International Conference on the Question of Palestine
- United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean
- United Nations Commissioner for Namibia
- United Nations Cormnittee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights Of the Palestinian People
- United Nations Council for Namibia
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- United Nations Development Program
- United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid
- Special Committee on Decolonization
- World Food Council
- World Health Organization
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 7th Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (PDF) (Report). Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.
- ^ a b Qureshi, Yasmin (1983). "THE SEVENTH SUMMIT OF NON-ALIGNED NATIONS". Pakistan Horizon. Pakistan Institute of International Affairs.
- ^ a b Tvrtko Jakovina (2011). Treća strana Hladnog rata. Fraktura. ISBN 978-953-266-203-0.