CONEFO
Former alternative to the United Nations
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Headquarters | Jl. Gatot Subroto , Jakarta , Indonesia |
Type | Intergovernmental organization |
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4 member states
5 observer states |
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Established
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7 January 1965 (58 years ago) ( 1965-01-07 ) |
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Dissolved
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11 August 1966 (56 years ago) ( 1966-08-11 ) |
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The Conference of the New Emerging Forces (CONEFO) was an effort by President Sukarno of Indonesia to create a new bloc of "emerging countries" that would be an alternative power centre to the United Nations and to the "old-established forces"—a category in which Sukarno included both the United States and the Soviet Union . [1] It was intended to build on the legacy of the 1955 Bandung Conference and assert the interests of the Third World and a neutral posture towards the Cold War .
To host CONEFO, Indonesia constructed a new building complex in Jakarta with the financial aid of People's Republic of China . [2] Since CONEFO never met, the complex – now called the MPR/DPR/DPD building – houses the Indonesian national parliament . [3]
CONEFO was officially established on 7 January 1965, after Sukarno's government objected to Malaysia becoming a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council at a time when Indonesia had declared a low-level conflict called the Konfrontasi (confrontation) against Malaysia. An angry Sukarno took Indonesia out of the UN and formed a rival world organization. [3] He had taken similar steps in 1963 when he created the Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) as an alternative to the Olympic Games .
CONEFO was dissolved on 11 August 1966 by General Suharto , who had ousted Sukarno from power.
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Notes
- ↑ Redfern 2010 , p. 372.
- ↑ JakartaGreater 2015 .
- 1 2 Redfern 2010 , p. 379.
References
- "GANEFO & CONEFO Lembaran Sejarah yang Terlupakan" . JakartaGreater. 2015-10-25. Archived from the original on 2015-10-27 . Retrieved 2017-05-19 .
- Redfern, William (2010), Sukarno's Guided Democracy and the Takeovers of Foreign Companies in Indonesia in the 1960s (PDF) , Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States: University of Michigan
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