7th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
7th Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement | |
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Host country | India |
Date | 7–12 March 1983 |
Cities | New Delhi |
Chair | Indira Gandhi |
Follows | 6th Summit (Havana, Cuba) |
Precedes | 8th Summit (Harare, Zimbabwe) |
Seventh Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement on 7–12 March 1983 took place in
Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia and Vanuatu were admitted as new member states, Papua New Guinea, Antigua and Barbuda as observers and Dominican Republic as an guest state.[2] Cambodia was absent from the meeting due to rival delegations controversy, Saint Lucia failed to send a delegation while Luxembourg's request for an guest status was rejected on formalistic deadline grounds.[3] 1,500 journalists followed the event.[3]
Participants
The following states participated at the Summit in New Delhi:[1]
Member states
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- North Korea
- Djibouti
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine Liberation Organization
- Panama
- Peru
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Somalia
- South West Africa People’s Organisation
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Cameroon
- Tanzania
- Upper Volta
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Yemen Arab Republic
- South Yemen
- Yugoslavia
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Observers
- Brazil
- El Salvador
- Mexico
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- African National Congress
- Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation
- League of Arab States
- Organization of African Unity
- Organization of the Islamic Conference
- Pan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Socialist Party of Puerto Rico
- United Nations
Guests
- Austria
- Dominican Republic
- Finland
- Portugal
- Romania
- San Marino
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Holy See
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Red Cross
- International Conference on the Question of Palestine
- United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean
- United Nations Commissioner for Namibia
- United Nations Cormnittee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights Of the Palestinian People
- United Nations Council for Namibia
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- United Nations Development Program
- United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid
- Special Committee on Decolonization
- World Food Council
- World Health Organization
References
- ^ a b c 7th Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (PDF) (Report). Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.
- ^ Pakistan Horizon. Pakistan Institute of International Affairs.
- ^ ISBN 978-953-266-203-0.
See also
- India and the Non-Aligned Movement
- Foreign relations of India
- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1983