1969 Non-Aligned Consultative Meeting

1969 Belgrade Non-Aligned Consultative Meeting 1969 Non-Aligned Consultative Meeting Yugoslavia 8–12 July 1969 Belgrade Josip Broz Tito (President of Yugoslavia) 1969 Non-Aligned Movement Consultative Meeting took place in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia on 8–12 July following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. Discussion about non-interventionism was prioritised by the host nation, whilst discussion over national liberation caused some divisions. Algeria requesting their full participation, but only the Palestine Liberation Organization was granted the right to participate on an equal footing.Lüthi Lorenz M. 2016 The Non-Aligned Movement and the Cold War, 1961–1973 Journal of Cold War Studies 18 4 98–147 10.1162/JCWS_a_00682 26925642 57567766 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26925642 subscription Algeria in turn blocked a Yugoslav proposal to admit countries in military pacts but pursuing non-alignment such as: the Socialist Republic of Romania and Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact; and Malaysia, Singapore, Tunisia and Pakistan in either the Western-led Baghdad Pact or Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. On 7 February 1969, President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito announced the Yugoslav intention to organize the conference in the presence of the President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser and after consultations with India, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Egypt. 51 nations participated in the final session of the meeting, with delegations from Chad and Sierra Leone arriving late.https://www.nytimes.com/1969/07/12/archives/nonaligned-bloc-ends-4day-talks-belgrade-session-calls-for-a-world.html NONALIGNED BLOC ENDS 4-DAY TALKS; Belgrade Session Calls for a World Summit Meeting Alfred Friendly Jr. 12 July 1969 The New York Times 24 April 2022 References See also Foreign relations of Yugoslavia Soviet Union–Yugoslavia relations Czechoslovakia–Yugoslavia relations Consultative Meeting Category:Foreign relations of Yugoslavia Category:History of Belgrade Category:1969 conferences Category:1969 in politics Category:1969 in Yugoslavia Category:Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia