ASIAN - AFRICAN CONFERENCE

==Outcome and legacy== The conference was followed by the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Conference in CairoMancall, Mark. 1984. China at the Center. p. 427 in September (1957) and the [[Belgrade]] Conference (1961), which led to the establishment of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]].Nazli Choucri, "The Nonalignment of Afro-Asian States: Policy, Perception, and Behaviour", ''Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique'', Vol. 2, No. 1.(Mar., 1969), pp. 1-17. In later years, conflicts between the nonaligned nations eroded the solidarity expressed at Bandung. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Conference, Heads of State and Government of Asian-African countries attended a new Asian-African Summit from 20–24 April 2005 in Bandung and [[Jakarta]]. Some sessions of the new conference took place in Gedung Merdeka (Independence Building), the venue of the original conference. The conference concluded by establishing the [[New Asian–African Strategic Partnership]] (NAASP).{{cite web|title=Seniors official meeting|url=http://www.kemlu.go.id/Documents/NAASP/Hyperlink%201.pdf|publisher=MFA of Indonesia |date= |accessdate=2012-10-01}} The 2005 Asian African Summit yielded, inter-alia, the Declaration on the New Asian African Strategic Partnership (NAASP), the Joint Ministerial Statement on the New Asian African Strategic Partnership Plan of Action, and the Joint Asian African Leaders’ Statement on Tsunami, Earthquake and other Natural Disaster. The aforementioned declaration of NAASP is a manifestation of intra-regional bridge-building forming a new strategic partnership commitment between Asia and Africa, standing on three pillars, i.e. political solidarity, economic cooperation, and socio-cultural relations, within which governments, regional/sub-regional organizations, as well as peoples of Asian and African nations interact. The 2005 Asian African Summit was attended by 106 countries, comprising 54 Asian countries and 52 African countries . The Summit concluded a follow-up mechanism for institutionalization process in the form of Summit concurrent with Business Summit every four years, Ministerial Meeting every two years, and Sectoral Ministerial as well as Technical Meeting if deemed necessary.


 

==Declaration== A 10-point "declaration on promotion of world peace and cooperation," incorporating the principles of the [[United Nations Charter]] was adopted unanimously: #''Respect for fundamental human rights and for the purposes and principles of the charter of the United Nations #''Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations #''Recognition of the equality of all races and of the equality of all nations large and small #''Abstention from intervention or interference in the internal affairs of another country #''Respect for the right of each nation to defend itself, singly or collectively, in conformity with the charter of the United Nations #''(a) Abstention from the use of arrangements of collective defence to serve any particular interests of the big powers
(b) Abstention by any country from exerting pressures on other countries #''Refraining from acts or threats of aggression or the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any country #''Settlement of all international disputes by peaceful means, such as negotiation, conciliation, arbitration or judicial settlement as well as other peaceful means of the parties own choice, in conformity with the charter of the United Nations #''Promotion of mutual interests and cooperation #''Respect for justice and international obligations.''{{cite journal| last = Jayaprakash| first = N D | title = India and the Bandung Conference of 1955 – II | journal = People's Democracy - Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) |volume = XXIX | issue = 23 | date = June 5, 2005 |url=http://pd.cpim.org/2005/0605/06052005_bandung%20conf.htm |publisher= |accessdate=2007-02-07| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070311133351/http://pd.cpim.org/2005/0605/06052005_bandung%20conf.htm| archivedate= 11 March 2007 | deadurl= no}} The final Communique of the Conference underscored the need for developing countries to loosen their economic dependence on the leading industrialised nations by providing technical assistance to one another through the exchange of experts and technical assistance for developmental projects, as well as the exchange of technological know-how and the establishment of regional training and research institutes.