UN General Assembly
1964

42. There were fifty-seven participants at the Second Conference of Non-Aligned Countries, as compared with twenty-eight only three years earlier at Belgrade, when the guidelines for further action by non-aligned countries were laid down. This is one demonstration of the fact that the process of political emancipation of States cannot be stopped, that this process is leading to truly independent action, and that States are no longer willing to acquiesce in policies which are contrary to their own vital interests. 43. The policy of dividing the world into opposing military-political groupings, which by its very nature fosters inequality, has become increasingly unacceptable. The world is becoming ever more united. The consolidation of peace and the securing of conditions for free and unimpeded development are the common interest. This common interest was expressed in the convening of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and in the proceedings at the Conference itself.