Israel invades Lebanon

Resolution 35/206 called for coordinated sanctions and international campaigns against apartheid. NAM members and African liberation movements had long pressed for material action; the resolution also...

Foreign ministers met from 9 to 13 February amid debate over Afghanistan, Palestine, southern Africa and the future of non-alignment. The conference demonstrated that non-alignment was an active...

The Bureau met amid South Africa’s attempt to install an interim administration in Namibia. Members pressed the Security Council to reject the move and reaffirmed support for Namibian...

Foreign ministers met during the UN General Assembly session to coordinate positions. Their agenda connected the Palestinian struggle, southern African liberation, disarmament and the demand for a...

The Coordinating Bureau met after Israel’s invasion of Lebanon to organize political and practical support for Palestinian self-determination under the PLO. NAM sought to translate solidarity into...

The Coordinating Bureau convened an extraordinary session after a call from Yasser Arafat. Ministers demanded Israeli withdrawal and sought to strengthen support for Palestinian rights and the PLO.

Leaders met amid the Iran-Iraq War, occupation in Palestine and Namibia, apartheid and worsening debt and development pressures. The summit called for disarmament, a more equitable economic order...

Ministers sought regional cooperation and security while reaffirming non-intervention, sovereignty, self-determination and peaceful coexistence. The meeting shows the movement adapting its...

The final declaration opposed bloc politics and called for decolonization and peaceful settlement of disputes. It also treated regional security as a shared concern rather than a matter reserved to...

Gorbachev’s leadership initiated reforms and a changing relationship with the United States. As superpower tensions eased, NAM faced a strategic question: how to preserve its purpose when bloc...