rozvojová pomoc a spolupráca - Fakulta medzinárodných vzťahov

African states, most of which were newly independent, organized by Egypt,Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, and Pakistan. The conference'sstated aims were to promote Afro-Asian economic and cultural cooperation andto oppose colonialism or neocolonialism by the United States, the Soviet Union,or any other so-called "imperialistic" nation. The conference was coordinatedby Ruslan Abdulgani, secretary general of the Indonesian Ministry of ForeignAffairs.Twenty-nine countries representing over half the world's population sentdelegates to this conference. It reflected what they regarded as a reluctance bythe Western powers to consult with them on decisions affecting Asia in asetting of Cold War tensions; their concern over tension between the People'sRepublic of China and the United States; their desire to lay firmer foundationsfor China's peaceful relations with themselves and the West; their opposition tocolonialism, especially French influence in North Africa and French colonialrule in Algeria; and Indonesia's desire to promote its case in the dispute withthe Netherlands over western New Guinea (Irian Barat).Major debate centered around the question of whether Soviet policies inEastern Europe and Central Asia should be censured along with Westerncolonialism. A consensus was reached in which "colonialism in all of itsmanifestations" was condemned, implicitly censuring the Soviet Union, as wellas the West. China played an important role in the conference and strengthenedits relations with other Asian nations. Having survived an assassination attemptby foreign intelligence services on the way to the conference, the ChinesePrime Minister, Zhou Enlai, displayed a moderate and conciliatory attitude thattended to quiet fears of some anticommunist delegates concerning China'sintentions.The Final Communiqué of the Conference underscored the need fordeveloping countries to loosen their economic dependence on the leadingindustrialized nations by providing technical assistance to one another throughthe exchange of experts and technical assistance for developmental projects, aswell as the exchange of technological know-how and the establishment ofregional training and research institutes.The conference was also known as the predecessor of the Non-AlignedMovement (NAM). One of the main reasons for this is because it ultimatelyled to the establishment of the Nonaligned Movement in 1961. Thisinternational organization consisted of 102 countries from allover the worldwith neutral stand in the face of domination of superpowers during the bipolar180