Bandung Declaration revisited

THE Bandung Conference that took place 70 years ago in Indonesia in 1955 was a convening of 29 Asian and African states representing more than half the world’s population. The landmark event, organised by Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan, was an effort by newly independent countries to discuss common issues, including political independence, economic development and cultural cooperation.

In the following decade, as decolonisation progressed, friction among the member states created major schisms, resulting in the postponement of the second Asian-African conference planned to be held in Algeria in November 1965. Indonesia hosted the golden jubilee of the Asian-African meeting in 2005 to revive the spirit of Bandung. This resulted in the formation of the New Asian-African Strateg...
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