10th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement

10th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
Host country Indonesia
Date1–6 September 1992
CitiesJakarta
ChairSuharto
(President of Indonesia)
Follows9th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (Belgrade,  Yugoslavia)
Precedes11th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (Cartagena  Colombia)

10th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement on 1–6 September 1992 in Jakarta, Indonesia was the conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement.[1] Around 100 delegations, including some 60 heads of State or government, participated in the Summit in Jakarta.[2]

The end of the Cold War and the subsequent violent breakup of Yugoslavia, one of the founding and core members, seemed to bring into question the very existence of the Movement, yet it was preserved during the times of crisis by the politically pragmatic chairmanship of Indonesia.[3] The Summit concluded that the NAM would create a special panel of economists and experts to investigate appropriate options for debt relief needed by many member needed by many member states.[4]

Brunei Darussalam joined the Movement at the Jakarta Conference.[5] Alongside Brunei, Myanmar (left the NAM in 1979[6]), the Philippines and Uzbekistan also joined the movement, Cambodia had returned as the country was now governed by the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia while Argentina left the movement bringing the list of members to 108 countries in total.[2] Thailand as well as newly independent Armenia and Croatia were granted observer status for the first time (in total there was 8 observers), Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia were granted guest status for the first time (in total there were 18 States and 13 organizations with that status).[2] Requests by Kyrgyzstan and FYR Macedonia were referred for further consideration.[2]

  1. ^ "10th Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement" (PDF). World Affairs: The Journal of International Issues. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. 1992.
  2. ^ a b c d Syatauw, J.J.G. (1994). "The Non-Aligned Movement at the Crossroads—The Jakarta Summit Adapting to the Post-Cold War Era". Asian Yearbook of International Law: 129–162. doi:10.1163/9789004400627_009. ISBN 9780792327080.
  3. ^ Schiavone, Giuseppe (2008). International Organizations: A dictionary and directory (Seventh ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-230-57322-2.
  4. ^ "Non-Aligned Movement Decides It Is Still Relevant". The New York Times. 7 September 1992. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  5. ^ "The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brunei). n.d. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jakovina-Treća strana was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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