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  Bandung Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bandung Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, organized by Egypt, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, and Pakistan.
The conference's stated aims were to promote Afro-Asian economic and cultural cooperation and to oppose colonialism or neocolonialism by the United States, the Soviet Union, or any other imperialistic nation.
The conference met April 18-April 24, 1955, in Bandung, Indonesia, and was coordinated by Indonesian Foreign Minister Ruslan Abdulgani.
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 Bandung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bandung was the site of the Bandung Conference which met April 18-April 24, 1955 with the aim of promoting economic and cultural cooperation among the African and Asian countries, and to counter the threat of colonialism or neocolonialism by the United States, the Soviet Union, or other imperialistic nations.
The Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) was established by the Dutch colonial administration at the turn of the 20th century, and was famous for being the alma mater of Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia and outspoken figure who initiated Bandung Conference.
Bandung is also famous for its food; it is well-known for its many contributions to the culinary world such peuyeum, batagor, comro, and the bajigur drink.
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 Feature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bandung Conference of 1955 and the resurgence of Asia and Africa
The Bandung Conference in 1955 addressed itself to the basic issues in international politics, primarily issues relating to imperialism, colonialism, apartheid and the process of de-colonization, and it, after a lengthy debate, issued a communique which recognized the agreement to cooperate on the basis of the mutual interest and respect for national sovereignty.
Bandung powers were convinced that interference in internal affairs of a state threatened the sovereignty, security and political independence of the respective states, and these states need to be given the right to develop and progress in accordance with the conceptions and desires of its own people.
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 Bandung Conference. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Not invited to the conference were South Africa, Israel, Taiwan, South Korea, and North Korea.
The conference ultimately led to the establishment of the Nonaligned Movement in 1961.
In later years, conflicts between the nonaligned nations eroded the solidarity expressed at Bandung.
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 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Bandung
Bandung is situated in the uplands of western Java above the Java Sea at an...
Bandung Conference, conference of 29 Asian and African countries held at Bandung on the island of Java in 1955.
Nehru and Indira Gandhi at the Bandung Conference
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 Feature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It was known that the Bandung Conference paid due attention to the problems of the dependent peoples and colonialism; the Bandung declaration recognized colonialism as an evil and it demanded that all dependent people be granted freedom and independence.
The Bandung spirit, the core principles of which are solidarity, friendship and cooperation, continue to be relevant and effective foundation for resolving global issues of common concern and fostering better relations among nations.
This Conference in Indonesia in 2005, as the historic Bandung Conference in 1955, is certain to motivate states in Asia and Africa to look for new avenues of cooperation, with which a new beginning could be made to construct a new international order.
www.dailynews.lk /2005/04/22/fea10.htm   (1173 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Bandung Conference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Bandung Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, organized by Egypt, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon(Sri Lanka), India, and Pakistan.
The conference met April 18-April 24, 1955, in Bandung, Indonesia, with the aim of promoting Afro-Asian economic and cultural cooperation and opposing colonialism or neocolonialism by the United States, the Soviet Union, or any other imperialistic nation.
A view of Bandung from the northern highlands Bandung (formerly spelled: Bandoeng) is the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bandung-Conference   (875 words)

  
 Fifty years on from the 1st Bandung Conference
The background to the Bandung Conference lies in the so-called Pancha Shila or five principles of peaceful coexistence proclaimed by Zhou Enlai and J. Nehru on June 28, 1954.
The 1st Bandung Conference condemned the maintenance of peoples under the colonial yoke as a violation of human rights and affirmed its commitment to the struggle of colonized peoples for their independence.
And by declaring its commitment to peace and international cooperation, in addition to the principles already mentioned the conference called for: solving international conflicts by peaceful means; respect for every nation’s right to individual defense; respect for justice and international obligations; and recognition of equality among all races and nations, large and small.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Bandung Conference
Bandung Conference, conference of 22 Asian and 7 African countries, held in Bandung, Indonesia, in April 1955.
The most far reaching single event in Nepal in 1955 was the death of King Tribhubana Bir Bikram who died on Mar. 14, 1955, in Zurich, Switzerland, after an illness of several months.
The Freedom Building (Gedung Merdeka) in Bandung is dedicated to the anticolonial Bandung Conference of Asian and African countries held in Indonesia...
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 Documents on Canadian External Relations (DCER)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The actual sessions of the Conference were fully reported in the press in spite of the theoretical secrecy of all but the first and last plenary sessions, and a number of despatches have been referred to missions concerned with the Far East.
The Asian-African Conference was misnamed in the sense that it was hardly African at all.
In general, the Conference recognized the importance of economic co-operation without apparently having settled any means to ensure their co-operation, although it is recommended that liaison officers be appointed in the various countries "for the exchange of information on matters of mutual interest".
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 The Jakarta Post
Moreover, several participants at Bandung, such as Ceylon and the PRC, were not yet members of the UN, hence the experience of regional norm-setting gave them a sense of belonging to the club of nations and offered an alternative framework for their socialization into the system of states.
The Bandung conference exposed the weak legitimacy of SEATO, in terms of its lack of regional participation and representation.
The agenda of the conference was kept as flexible as possible, contentious issues that would divide the conference (such as India-Pakistan) were generally avoided, and the procedure of consensus, rather than majority voting, was adopted.
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 Border-Crossing Sessions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As the fiftieth anniversary of the historic Conference of Asian and African Nations approaches, a sudden flurry of activity related to the anniversary is evident in a new round of international meetings involving Asian and African countries.
In this way, the ideals and goals of the Bandung Conference are inextricably linked to the emerging discourse in the 1950s among postwar Japanese intellectuals over how to forge new kinds of ties with the former colonial subjects of the Japanese empire.
The Chinese decision at Bandung to side with the Arabs on the issue of Arab-Israeli conflict enabled China to exploit Arab nationalism in the future to increase her influence; and Islam became a channel of diplomacy for the Chinese and the Arabs in the absence of formal diplomatic channels.
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 Historical background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Conference was aimed at restoring economic and cultural links within the South, severed due to colonialism, while strengthening further the links between the North and the South.
In fact, the Bandung Conference laid the early foundation of non-alignment although there were some 'aligned' countries (Pakistan, Turkey and Philippines) at the Conference.
The proposal was studied by the Conference Secretariat of UNCTAD I which found that the realization of this target was beyond reach, unless the prospects for the grrowth of export earnings of the developing countries were increased to what was needed to finance the required rate of import growth.
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 India & The Bandung Conference Of 1955   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As the Colombo conference in May 1954 had already taken a decision to hold a conference of Asian and African countries, Nehru wasted no time in confronting the aggressive stance of the United States by inviting the Indonesian prime minister to Delhi to discuss preparations for the proposed conference.
While the Bandung conference appeared to provide an opportunity to build solidarity of Asian and African countries, in reality that did not happen due to the acute struggle between the non-aligned countries and those countries that were under the tutelage and stranglehold of the imperialist powers.
The failure of the Bandung conference to launch a permanent Asian-African countries organisation was a sign that it was the writ of the imperialist powers that ultimately prevailed, although Nehru did make a valiant attempt later to revive it in the form of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1961.
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 New Spirit of Bandung, Or a New Cold War
That spirit led to the historic Conference of Asian and African Nations, held in the Indonesian city of Bandung in April 1955, led by President Sukarno, the Founding Father of the Republic of Indonesia, and actual father of recently elected President of Indonesia, Megawati Sukarnoputri.
President Sukarno, in the opening speech to the Bandung Conference, brought forth the image of the American War of Independence, 'the first successful anti-colonialist war in history', adding that 'the battle which began 180 years ago is not yet completely won'.
It is such cooperation toward peace and development, in the spirit of the Bandung Conference, which the new Cold Warriors see as an impediment to their dreams of a new empire.
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 Bandung conference marks new century
First, Bandung represents, once again, the rise of "Asianism," as also seen in 1955, whereby an Asian-African solidarity would propel the two regions and their people to face the decolonizing West.
Bandung in 1955 was the centre of Afro-Asian pride; "newly decolonized people" were then exhorted by their charismatic leaders to "exorcise the ghosts of colonization" and take pride in themselves.
Third, Bandung in 2005 will again be celebrated as the "rise of the decolonized world." China's Hu will call for greater unity in the South to face the North as an equal partner.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-04/22/content_436414.htm   (661 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- Spirit of Bandung Conference will shine forever
The Afro-Asian Conference held in Bandung, Indonesia from April 18 to 24, 1955 was an international meeting, the convocation of which was initiated by Asian and African countries themselves for the first time in history to discuss major issues related to various Asian and African countries.
Convocation of the Bandung Conference was seen as an indication of the awakening of the people in the extensive regions of Asia and Africa, and as an important turning point in the history of Asian-African national liberation movements.
This is the fundamental reason for the Bandung spirit to remain fresh as time goes by, here also lies the reason why people lay their great hope on the upcoming Asian-African leaders' conference and the activities marking the 50th anniversary of the Bandung Conference.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /200504/18/eng20050418_181612.html   (816 words)

  
 International Research Conference in Bandung   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Asia-Africa conference was the culmination of the struggles of the peoples of Africa and Asia for national independence, freedom from colonialism and a just and equitable society.
The conference brought together the nations oppressed by colonialism and imperialism in Asia and Africa to resist domination and militarism and to build solidarities of the peoples.
Though Bandung called for a free Palestine today Palestine is under more intensive occupation and the list of states under occupation has increased with US occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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 APWLD Statement
The famous Bandung Conference of 1955 has been regarded by most scholars as the first and the most emotional and visionary conference of non-aligned countries ever to be held in the 20 th century.
In this backdrop, the Bandung Conference was convened with a view of eradicating war and oppression.
The spirit of Bandung was able to bring together all the great Asian and African leaders of that time and to unite them in the defense of political freedom and national independence.
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 People's Daily Online -- Asian-African leaders commemorate golden jubilee of Bandung Conference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Leaders of 43 Asian and African countries began the commemoration of the golden jubilee of the Bandung Conference with historic walks from Savoy Homann Hotel to Merdeka Building in Bandung, Indonesia on Sunday.
Bandung, the city of flower, is Indonesia's fourth largest city, with pleasant climate and lush surroundings.
The Bandung Conference adopted a final communique containing ten principles, which were the basic principles for promoting global peace and cooperation.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /200504/25/print20050425_182575.html   (528 words)

  
 Political Affairs Magazine - India And The Bandung Conference Of 1955
The holding of the Conference was necessitated by various post-war issues and events that were confronting the newly decolonised and liberated nations of Asia and Africa.
The Asian Relations Conference was held in Delhi at a non-governmental level under the auspices of the Indian Council of World Affairs from March 23 to April 02, 1947.
Yet, the Conference condemned the Dutch aggression and demanded the immediate release of the arrested members of the Indonesian government, withdrawal of Dutch troops from Jogjakarta and transfer of power to the United States of Indonesia by January 1, 1950.
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 The Lessons of the Bandung Conference
Bandung was sponsored by the Asian nationalist leadership of Indonesia, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Burma (now Myanmar), and the Philippines.
Nehru, a pivotal presence at the conference because of his credibility as spokesperson for neutrality for Asian and African nations in the Cold War, was deeply influenced in his political thinking by his participation in earlier international conferences.
The Chinese leader approached the conference participants with "utmost friendliness and reserve,...turning the other cheek when receiving ideological slaps." Wright was surprised, but thought "clever" Chou En Lai's effective moves at the conference.
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 The Black Commentator -The Legacy of the Bandung - Issue 141
I first heard about the Bandung Conference in the mid-1960s while listening to a speech by El-Hajj Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X) titled "Message to the Grassroots,” which was first delivered at the King Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit on November 10, 1963.
At the time of the first Bandung Conference, the North American left, in general, and the African American liberation movement in particular were under attack.
The first Bandung Conference was attended by 21 Asian, seven African and one Eastern European country.
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 Asian-African Summit 2005 - Bandung Conference Goldien Jubilee : SF Indymedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
And once you study what happened at the Bandung conference, and the results of the Bandung Conference, it actually serves as a model for the same procedure you and I can use to get our problems solved.
At Bandung all the nations came together, the dark nations from Africa and Asia.
Fifty years ago, the first conference of modern history between Asian and African countries assembled in Bandung, Indonesia and was hosted by President Sukamo of Indonesia.
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 The World Forum || Political Forums
The 1955 Bandung conference has assumed almost mythical importance, as the giants of that age addressed post-colonial concerns of 29 Asian, African, and Middle Eastern nations, and collectively brought their interests to the world stage.
The conference was full of symbolism and music, speeches and celebration in honor of the Bandung Spirit and an attempt to recapture some of the magic of those former days.
At the conclusion of the conference, led by their two-cohosts, Mbeki and Yudhoyono, more than 40 of the leaders followed in the historical footsteps of the 1955 conference, taking part in the ritual of the "Bandung walks".
www.theworldforum.org /story/2005/4/26/74052/1798   (1717 words)

  
 Bandung Conference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Bandung Conference held in 1955 was attended by all the great political stalwarts of newly independent African and Asian countriess.
First conference, in 1955, of the Afro-Asian nations, proclaiming anticolonialism and neutrality between East and West.
Bandung Conference, a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which...
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