Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement on 1–6 September 1961 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia was the first conference of the Non-Aligned Movement. A major contributing f
Meeting at the House of the National Assembly
Participating states.
Belgrade during the conference
One of the obelisks erected for the conference in today's Park of Non-Aligned Countries
United Arab Republic
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The United Arab Republic was a country and sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 to 1971. It was initially a short-lived political union between the Republic of Egypt and the Second Syrian Repu
1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
…nationalist Casablanca Group. All members of the Casablanca Group attended the conference, including Algeria, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Morocco and the United Arab Republic, whereas none of the Brazzaville Group was present. The summit was followed by the 2nd Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Cairo in 1964. The 1962…
Voting card for the Syrian referendum on unification
Nasser shaking hands with al-Bizri
Nasser signing unity pact with Syrian president Shukri al-Quwatli, forming the United Arab Republic, 1 February 1958
Nasser addressing the people of Damascus, 1960