Question

With reference to Non-Aligned Movement, answer the following:

1. Explain how Non-alignment is neither neutrality nor isolation nor non-commitment.
2. State the five principles of Panchsheel.
3. Give any four objectives of NAM.

Answer 1

1. Non-alignment is neither neutrality nor isolation nor non-commitment.
   1. Non-alignment is not neutral since it does not stay aloof from world issues. It takes part actively in international political affairs. Nonalignment, thus, is not passivism but rather "action".
   2. NAM is not aloof since it moves forward to assist recently independent nations, developed and undeveloped.
   3. NAM keeps good relations with the nations of the First and Second Worlds; it is not dedicated to any military blocs.
2. 1. mutual regard for one another's territorial integrity.
   2. Mutual nonviolence.
   3. Non-interference in internal issues among one another.
   4. Equality and reciprocal advantage.
   5. nonviolent co-existence.
3. The Non-Aligned Movement has four aims as follows:
   1. Against racial discrimination, imperialism, and colonialism.
   2. To promote sovereign equality among every state.
   3. To foster cordial relations among nations.
   4. To support nonviolent resolution of worldwide conflicts.