NAM ministers meet in Nicosia over the invasion of Lebanon

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 invasion and siege of Beirut displaced civilians and targeted Palestinian organizations. NAM’s diplomatic support for Palestine was now tested by a major regional war and the limits of...

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...

The conference focused on international peace, economic cooperation and support for liberation in southern Africa. Hosting the meeting in Angola made the region’s struggles against apartheid and...