UN General Assembly
1955

166. These problems were considered at the Bandung Conference, attended by the representatives of 29 Asian and African States, at which a particularly prominent part was played by the People’s Republic of China, India and Indonesia. The Bandung Conference was a major historical event, reflecting the mighty movement which is sweeping along the peoples of the East who are struggling for their national independence, for peace and for freedom. The Conference was attended by representatives of countries with varying political and social systems. Despite the fact that some of the participants in the Conference had already been drawn into various military groupings alien to their national interests, the Bandung Conference reached unanimous decisions of great political importance for the strengthening of world peace and the development of the national liberation movement of the colonial and dependent peoples.