Bandung’s condemnation of colonialism internationalized the Algerian conflict.
Evidence
On the diplomatic level the F.L.N.’s most outstanding feat of internationalisation began in April 1955. After some energetic lobbying by Ait Ahmed, his brother-in-law Khider and M’hamed Yazid (a former principal in Lahouel’s faction of the M.T.L.D.), the F.L.N. gained an invitation to attend the Bandung Conference, that landmark for the emerging Third World in which twenty-nine nations representing some 1,300 million people were to take part. Although the Algerians, with no recognised government behind them, could only attend as “unofficial” delegates, their presence at Bandung was sufficient to achieve a notable victory on the international scene. After condemnations of colonialism in all forms were pronounced by the conference, it adopted unanimously an Egyptian motion proclaiming Algeria’s right to independence, and called upon France to implement this forthwith. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 407 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
The principle of the strike followed as a direct consequence of the priority of externalising the conflict, determined at Soummam the previous September, but specifically, in its timing and duration, it seems to have been the brain-child of Ben M’hidi. It was to coincide with the opening of the United Nations session in New York and was to last eight days. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 569 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The Bandung Conference internationalized the Algerian cause and opened the road to the U.N. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 407; The FLN’s general strike aimed to internationalize the Algerian conflict at the UN. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 569
Related
- The Bandung Conference internationalized the Algerian cause and opened the road to the U.N. (similarity 0.96)
- The FLN’s general strike aimed to internationalize the Algerian conflict at the UN. (similarity 0.89)
- The F.L.N. strike aimed to externalize Algeria’s conflict to the United Nations. (similarity 0.88)
- The FLN’s general strike aimed to sway the UN debate on Algeria. (similarity 0.87)
- The FLN weighed international opinion when choosing when to use terror (similarity 0.82)
- France won the 1957 U.N. battle to keep Algeria an internal affair (similarity 0.81)
- The F.L.N.’s Algiers urban operations failed almost entirely on the opening night (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- The Bandung Conference internationalized the Algerian cause and opened the road to the U.N.
#corroborates(0.95) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 407 - The FLN’s general strike aimed to internationalize the Algerian conflict at the UN.
#expands(0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 569