The NAM can be defined as:
The international forum of the people of the third World who openly attack and cancel out the desire for creating the spheres of control by the super powers and thus is an important and effective organ against Colonialism and imperialism."
HISTORY:
De-colonization
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was created and founded during the collapse of the colonial system and the independence struggles of the peoples of Africa, Asia, Latin America and other regions of the world and at the height of the Cold War. Reasons for the formation of non-aligned movement (NAM), the World War 2 divided the world into two powers. The western being headed by U.S.A and the socialist being governed by U.S.S.R. these two super powers involved in cold war creating great problem for the smaller nations and under development countries. The best policy for such states would have been to isolate themselves from the cold war of the super power on their economic, social and cultural uplift. NAM is organization to help these nations to exist. Throughout its history, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries has played a fundamental role in the preservation of world peace and security. Non- aligned movement is an important world organization of the third world countries. A meeting of those countries of the world who had no alignment with any super was held in Bandung (Indonesia) on April 24, 1955.
The term "Non-Alignment" was coined by V K Menon in his speech at UN in 1953 which was later used by Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru during his speech in 1954 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In this speech, Nehru described the five pillars to be used as a guide for Sino-Indian relations. Jawaharlal Nehru was the architect of the Non-Alignment Movement. He stated 5 pillars that should guide relations between the two nations. The five principles were:
MAIN FEATURES OF NAM:
1. Respect of