Why was non aligned movement launched?who all participated in this movement
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The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 developing world states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide.
Drawing on the principles agreed at the Bandung Conference in 1955, the NAM was established in 1961 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia through an initiative of the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito. This led to the first Conference of Heads of State or Governments of Non-Aligned Countries.The term non-aligned movement first appears in the fifth conference in 1976, where participating countries are denoted as "members of the movement".
The purpose of the organization was enumerated by Fidel Castro in his Havana Declaration of 1979 as to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries" in their "struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism, and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, domination, interference or hegemony as well as against great power and bloc politics."
Africa
Currently every African country (except South Sudan and Western Sahara) is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda (2006)
Bahamas (1983)
Barbados (1983)
Belize (1976)
Bolivia (1979)
Chile (1973)
Colombia (1983)
Cuba (1961)
Dominica (2006)
Dominican Republic (2000)
Ecuador (1983)
Grenada (1979)
Guatemala (1993)
Guyana (1970)
Haiti (2006)
Honduras (1995)
Jamaica (1970)
Nicaragua (1979)
Panama (1976)
Peru (1973)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (2006)
Saint Lucia (1983)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2003)
Suriname (1983)
Trinidad and Tobago (1970)
Venezuela (1989)
Asia
Afghanistan (1961)
Azerbaijan (2011)
Bahrain (1973)
Bangladesh (1973)
Bhutan (1973)
Brunei (1993)
Cambodia (1961)
India (1961)
Indonesia (1961)
Iran (1979)
Iraq (1961)
Jordan (1964)
Kuwait (1964)
Laos (1964)
Lebanon (1961)
Malaysia (1970)
Maldives (1976)
Mongolia (1993)
Myanmar (1961)
Nepal (1961)
North Korea (1976)
Oman (1973)
Pakistan (1979)
Palestine (1976)
Philippines (1993)
Qatar (1973)
Saudi Arabia (1961)
Singapore (1970)
Sri Lanka (1961)
Syria (1964)
Thailand (1993)
East Timor (2003)
Turkmenistan (1995)
United Arab Emirates (1970)
Uzbekistan (1993)
Vietnam (1976)
Yemen (1990)
Europe
Belarus (1998)
Azerbaijan (2011)
Oceania
Fiji (2011)
Papua New Guinea (1993)
Vanuatu (1983)
Former members
Cyprus (1961–2004)
Malta (1973–2004)
Yugoslavia (1961–1992)