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The Bandung Conference internationalized the Algerian cause and opened the road to the U.N.

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aliases@horne_savage_1977, loc. 407

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The Bandung Conference internationalized the Algerian cause and opened the road to the U.N.

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

Categorization

  • XREF: Bandung as a hinge for Third World solidarity directly serves the reader’s interest in internationalization of the colonial struggle. — connects to: Bandung’s condemnation of colonialism internationalized the Algerian conflict.; Senator Kennedy’s speech pressured American policy toward Algerian independence; Cold War powers angled around the Algerian question for their own strategic gain (+2 more)

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