Question
Download Solution PDFWhose concept was Non-Aligned Movement ?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFCorrect Answer Jawaharlal Nehru
Key Points:
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM):
- The first NAM Summit Summit took place in Belgrade (Yugoslavia) in September 1961.
- NAM (Non Aligned Movement) is an organization of States that did not formally align themselves with either the United States or the Soviet Union during the Cold War, but sought to remain independent or neutral.
- A total of 120 states are members of NAM.
- Jawahar Lal Nehru was one of the founding members, the principles of NAM was largely guided by Panchsheel principles.
- The meeting of NAM in 2020 was organised virtually at the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi also Joined the NAM virtual summit for the first time in 2020.
- NAM does not have a permanent secretariat.
- The theme of the summit was "United against COVID-19"
Additional Information List of NAM Summits:
First |
September 1-6, 1961 |
Belgrade |
Second |
October 5-10, 1964 |
Cairo |
Third |
September 8-10, 1970 |
Lusaka |
Fourth |
September 5-9, 1973 |
Algiers |
Fifth |
August 16-19, 1976 |
Colombo |
Sixth |
September 3-9, 1979 |
Havana |
Seventh |
March 7-12, 1983 |
New Delhi |
Eighth |
September 1-6, 1986 |
Harare |
Ninth |
September 4-7, 1989 |
Belgrade |
Tenth |
September 1-7, 1992 |
Jakarta |
Eleventh |
October 18-20, 1995 |
Cartagena de Indias |
Twelfth |
September 2-3, 1998 |
Durban |
Thirteenth |
February 20-25, 2003 |
Kuala Lumpur |
Fourteenth |
September 15-16, 2006 |
Havana |
Fifteenth |
11-16 July 2009 |
Sharm El Sheikh |
Sixteenth |
26-31 August 2012 |
Tehran |
Seventeenth |
2015 |
Caracas |
Last updated on May 3, 2025
->OPSC has announced 29 Job openings for the post of ASO.
->The last date to apply for the vacancy is 9th June 2025.
->The selection of the candidates for recruitment shall be made on the basis of written test and skill test in computer.
->There is no application fee for all the candidates applying for the position of Assistant Section Officer.