Non Aligned Movement: NAM

• President Hosni Mubarak has taken over as chairman of NAM from Cuba's President Raul Castro.
• NAM foudning fathers were India's Prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru, Yoguslavian President Tito and Egypt President Naseer.
• Founded in April 1955 in Asia-Africa Confrence in Bandung-Indonesia and First NAM confrence held in 1961 in Cairo Egypt.
• Relations between countries are governed by some rules which are now main goals and objectives of NAM, popularly known as "Ten principles of Bandung".

THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF BANDUNG
1. Respect of fundamental human rights and of the objectives and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
2. Respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations.
3. Recognition of the equality among all races and of the equality among all nations, both large and small.
4. Non-intervention or non-interference into the internal affairs of another country.
5. Respect of the right of every nation to defend itself, either individually or collectively, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations.
6.

A. Non-use of collective defense pacts to benefit the specific interests of any of the great powers.
B. Non-use of pressures by any country against other countries.
7. Refraining from carrying out or threatening to carry out aggression, or from using force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any country.
8. Peaceful solution of all international conflicts in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations.
9. Promotion of mutual interests and of cooperation.
10. Respect of justice and of international obligations.

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