Non Alignment Movement(NAM)

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)was founded in 1961 in Belgrade and was the brainchild of -
Yugoslavian President Josip Broz Tito
Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru
Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser
Ghana's President Kwame Nkrumah and
Indonesian President Sukarno

NAM  is a Group of States considering themselves not aligned formally with or against any major power bloc.NAM advocates a middle course for states in the Developing World  between the Western and Eastern Blocs in the Cold War (refers to a continuing state of political and military tension between the powers of the Western World led by the USA and its NATO Allies(28 Member Countries in North America and Europe) and the Communist World  led by the Soviet Union,its Satellite States and Allies during 1945-91)


The countries of the Non-Aligned Movement represent nearly two-thirds of the UN Members and contain 55% of the world population. Membership is particularly concentrated in countries considered to be developing or part of the Third World.

NAM celebrated its 50th Anniversary in Belgrade on September 5–6, 2011

As of 2011, NAM had 120 Members and 17 Observer Countries and 10 Observer Organisations

NAM is run by the Secretary-General elected at last summit meeting. As a considerable part of the movement's work is undertaken at the UN in New York, the chair country's ambassador to the UN is expected to devote time and effort to matters concerning the Non-Aligned Movement. The Coordinating Bureau, also based at the UN, is the main instrument for directing the work of the movement's task forces, committees and working groups

NAM stems from a desire not to be aligned within a geopolitical/military structure and therefore itself does not have a very strict organizational structure.

The conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries, often referred to as Non-Aligned Movement Summit is the main meeting within the movement. The Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned States is "the highest decision making authority". The chairmanship rotates between countries and changes at every summit of heads of state or government to the country organizing the summit.
Non-Aligned Movement Summits Details 

S.No	Location	Period
1	Belgrade	September 1–6, 1961
2	Cairo, Egypt	October 5–10, 1964
3	Lusaka, Zambia	September 8–10, 1970
4	Algiers, Algeria	September 5–9, 1973
5	Colombo,Sri Lanka	August 16–19, 1976
6	Havana, Cuba	September 3–9, 1979
7	New Delhi,India	March 7–12, 1983
8	Harare,	September 1–6, 1986
9	Belgrade	September 4–7, 1989
10	Jakarta, Indonesia	September 1–6, 1992
11	Cartagena de Indias,Colombia	October 18–20, 1995
12	Durban, South Africa	September 2–3, 1998
13	Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia	February 20–25, 2003
14	Havana, Cuba	September 15–16, 2006
15	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	July 11–16, 2009
16

Secretaries-General of the Non-Aligned Movement

S.No	Name	Country	Period
1	Josip Broz Tito	Yugoslavia	1961-64
2	Gamel Abdul Nasser	Egypt	1964-70
3	Kenneth Gaunda	Zambia	1970-73
4	Houari Boumediene	Algeria	1973-76
5	William Gopallawa	Sri Lanka	1976-78
6	Junius Richard Jayewardene	Sri Lanka	1978-79
7	Fidel Castro	Cuba	1979-83
8	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy	India	1983
9	Zail Singh	India	1983-86
10	Robert Mugambe	Zimbabwe	1986-89
11	Janez Drnovsek	Yugoslavia	1989-90
12	Borisav Jovic	Yugoslavia	1990-91
13	Stjepan Mesic	Yugoslavia	1991
14	Branko Kostic	Yugoslavia	1991-92
15	Suharto	Indonesia	1992-95
16	Ernesto Samper	Colombia	1995-98
17	Andres Pastrana Arango	Colombia	1998
18	Nelson Mandela	South Africa	1998-99
19	Thabo Mbeki	South Africa	1999-2003
20	Mahathir Mohamad	Malaysia	2003
21	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	Malaysia	2003-06
22	Fidel Castro	Cuba	2006-08
23	Raul Castro	Cuba	2008-09
24	Hosni Mubarak	Egypt	2009-11
25	Mohamed Hussein Tantawi	Egypt	2011

17 Observer Countries of NAM

S No	Country
1	Argentina
2	Armenia
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina
4	Brazil
5	China
6	Costa Rica
7	Croatia
8	El Salvador
9	Kazakhstan
10	Kyrgystan
11	Mexico
12	Montenegro
13	Paraguay
14	Serbia
15	Tajikistan
16	Ukraine
17	Uruguay

10 Observer Organizations of NAM

S No	Country
1	African Union
2	Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization
3	Commonwealth Secretariat
4	Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front
5	League of Arab States
6	Hostosian National Independence Movement
7	Organisation of Islamic Co-operation
8	South Center
9	United Nations
10	World Peace Council