Member states request an urgent Security Council meeting on Afghanistan

The summit convened amid debate over Cuba’s close relationship with the Soviet Union and the meaning of non-alignment. It showed the movement’s breadth and its internal disagreements about whether...

The final declaration addressed colonialism, apartheid, Palestine, disarmament and economic reform. Disagreement over Cuba’s role exposed limits to unity, but the summit preserved a platform for...

The seizure followed the Iranian Revolution and the admission of the deposed Shah to the United States for medical care. The crisis became a major confrontation over sovereignty, revolution and...

The agreement ended the Lancaster House negotiations and established the terms for a ceasefire, elections and transition from white-minority rule in Rhodesia. Independence followed in 1980, although...

The Soviet intervention intensified a conflict already shaped by Afghan political upheaval and Cold War competition. At the UN, many states defended Afghanistan’s sovereignty and debated the...

At its sixth emergency special session, the Assembly adopted resolution ES-6/2 calling for the withdrawal of foreign troops and respect for Afghanistan’s sovereignty and non-alignment. The vote...

The new state emerged after decades of settler colonialism, land dispossession and armed struggle. Independence enlarged African political sovereignty, while the settler land system and unequal...

Tito’s death removed a central founder of the Non-Aligned Movement and the leader who had hosted its first summit in Belgrade. His legacy embodied an independent socialist path, though postcolonial...

Resolution 476 declared Israel’s measures to alter the character and status of Jerusalem invalid and called for their rescission. The decision connected Palestinian self-determination with the...

As chair of the Movement, Cuba transmitted portions of the 1979 Havana summit declaration for UN consideration. The text linked Palestinian rights to opposition to occupation and unequal international...