1985 Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference

April 2023 1985 Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference 1985 Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference Logo.png Angola 4–7 September 1985 Luanda José Eduardo dos Santos (President of Angola) The 1985 Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference (pt 1985 Conferência Ministerial do Movimento dos Países Não-Alinhados) was held in Luanda, capital of Angola from 4 to 7 September, with the senior officials meeting held on 2 and 3 September.https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-178145/ NAM Declarations – Conference of NAM Foreign Ministers at Luanda- Letter from Angola (excerpts) 5 November 1985 United Press International 8 April 2023 The organization of the conference during the Angolan Civil War was described as a considerable achievement.Munslow Barry 1986 Angola: Second congress of the MPLA‐workers' party https://doi.org/10.1080/13523278608414814 Journal of Communist Studies 2 2 204–207 10.1080/13523278608414814 subscription Summary The conference was the seventh meeting of foreign ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement.https://archives.au.int/bitstream/handle/123456789/638/AHG%20Res%20141%20%28XXI%29%20_E.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y RESOLUTION ON THE SEVENTH MINISTERIAL MEETING OF THE NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES 1985 African Union 8 April 2023 The organization of the conference was perceived as a success for the MPLA, which prevented its disruption by UNITA.Marcum John A. 1986 Angola: Twenty-Five Years of War http://www.jstor.org/stable/45319494 Current History 85 511 193–231 10.1525/curh.1986.85.511.193 45319494 subscription Issues discussed at the conference included the situation in South Africa, great power rivalry, the Middle East situation, the question of Palestine, and peace in Lebanon. Representative of Singapore Yeo Cheow Tong highlighted the issue of the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia describing Cambodia, Afghanistan and Central America as targets of exploitation by external powers.https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/speeches//record-details/37cbd0e9-a160-11e9-9972-001a4a5ba61b SPEECH BY MR YEO CHEOW TONG, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND HEALTH, AT THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES AT LUANDA ON SATURDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 1985 1985 Ministry of Communications and Information 12 April 2023 The conference confirmed the choice of the city of Harare as the host of the upcoming 8th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, showing solidarity with the countries affected by the policies of the apartheid regime.Morphet S. 1989 The Non-Aligned Movement and the Foreign Ministers' Meeting At Nicosia https://doi.org/10.1177/004711788900900502 International Relations 9 5 393–405 10.1177/004711788900900502 144239760 subscription Diplomacy at the Highest Level: The Evolution of International Summitry Macmillan Press LTD 978-1-349-24917-6 150 1996Glement Nnamdi Okolie 1990 SUPER POWERS AND THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT I970-1986 Doctoral Thesis Aligarh Muslim University https://core.ac.uk/reader/144513630 8 April 2023 Indonesia also expressed its own wish to host the upcoming summit but withdrew its candidacy in deference to Zimbabwe.Sindunegoro Karjadi 1991 Indonesia's Foreign Policy https://www.jstor.org/stable/41394566 Pakistan Horizon 44 1 19–26 41394566 President José Eduardo dos Santos warned member states to keep their unity in the face of imperialism which wants to use inner quarrels divide the movement.https://arhiva.glassrpske.rs/novine/1985/09/GlasSrpske19850905.pdf Počela ministarska konferencija nesvrstanih zemalja u Luandi 5 September 1985 5 Glas 8 April 2023 10 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230410011453/https://arhiva.glassrpske.rs/novine/1985/09/GlasSrpske19850905.pdf dead April 2026 The final document invited member states to work on the creation of the new information order in which UNESCO's support would play a prominent role.Yearbook of the United Nations: Volume 39 Department of Public Information 0-7923-0503-5 371 1985 Gathered delegations held a minute's silence for Indira Gandhi and Forbes Burnham.Mugabe Robert Keynote Address: THE STATE OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT The Black Scholar March–April 1987 18 2 10–16 10.1080/00064246.1987.11412746 41067354 https://www.jstor.org/stable/41067354 8 April 2023 subscription The final document of the conference called upon the white minority government in Pretoria to pay compensation to Angola for the damage caused to life and property, which was subsequently approved by the United Nations Security Council.https://www.jornaldeangola.ao/ao/noticias/detalhes.php?id=314911 A verdade sobre Mavinga 25 September 2014 Jornal de Angola 8 April 2023 Schoeman Elna Kalley Jacqueline Audrey Andor Lydia Eve Southern African Political History A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 1999 Greenwood Press 9780313302473 30 https://books.google.com/books?id=oVrVK2ElINMC&dq=1985+Non-Aligned+Foreign+Ministers+Conference+luanda&pg=PA29 8 April 2023 The CIA expected that the United States would receive sharp criticism initiated by Cuba and some African countries in relation to its position on Palestine, black liberation in Namibia and South Africa, the establishment of the New International Economic Order and the Strategic Defense Initiative.https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T01058R000305030001-5.pdf Nonaligned Meeting in Angola: Prelude to the General Assembly 27 August 1985 Central Intelligence Agency 8 April 2023 The Agency believed that the event would help NAM member states to prepare a coordinated approach at the United Nations General Assembly session. It also described SFR Yugoslavia as a frontrunner for the upcoming 8th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (the country would eventually host the 9th Summit), expecting it to become the first country in history to host the summit twice. It noted Belgrade's unwillingness to more explicitly distance itself from the radical wing of the movement, worried about its position in the movement as one of only three European member states. Participants Member states Participating member states were: 18em Afghanistan Algeria Angola Argentina Bahrain Bangladesh Benin Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Colombia Comoros Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) Cyprus Cuba North Korea Democratic Yemen Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kuwait Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Oman Palestine Liberation Organization Pakistan Panama Peru Qatar Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname South West Africa People's Organization Syria Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia United Arab Emirates Tanzania Vanuatu Vietnam Yemen SFR Yugoslavia Zaire, later Congo-Kinshasa (post-1997) Zambia Zimbabwe Observers Participating observers were: Brazil, Philippines, Mexico, United Nations, Organisation of African Unity, African National Congress, Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela. Guests Guest delegations at the event were: 23em Austria Finland Holy See Portugal Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation Arab League Organization of the Islamic Conference International Committee of the Red Cross UNESCO United Nations Council for Namibia United Nations Development Programme United Nations Industrial Development Organization References See also Foreign relations of Angola Foreign Ministers Category:Foreign relations of Angola Category:History of Luanda Category:1985 conferences Category:1985 in politics Category:1985 in Angola