Asian Relations Conference
The Asian Relations Conference took place between March 23 and April 2, 1947 in New Delhi and was organized by the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) founded in 1943 . The host was Jawaharlal Nehru , Prime Minister of the Indian interim government. A few months before Indian independence, the conference was the first meeting of members of Asian independence movements.
It took place with the aim of “ bringing together the leading men and women [sic!] Of Asia to discuss issues that affect all people on the continent, with a focus on social, economic and cultural issues, with the aim of mutual contact and understanding ".
In the run-up to the conference, invitations were sent to numerous non-governmental organizations with goals similar to those of ICWA. Delegates from 26 countries eventually attended the conference, along with observers from the UK , USA and Australia, as well as representatives from the Arab League and the United Nations . Topics included the improvement of living conditions in Asia, cooperation between Asian countries and the role of India in Asia and the world.
The official list of participants names 231 people who were spread across the following countries (number of delegates / number of observers):
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Armenian SSR (2/0) -
Afghanistan (5/2) -
Azerbaijani SSR (2/0) -
Bhutan (0/2) -
Burma (15/4) -
Ceylon (13/5) -
Cochinchina (1/0) -
China (8/1) -
Egypt (3/2) -
Georgian SSR (2/0) -
British India (49/6) -
Indonesia (15/6) -
Iran (3/3) -
Cambodia (1/0) -
Kazakh SSR (2/0) -
Kyrgyz SSR (1/0) -
Korea (3/0) -
Laos (1/0) -
Malay Union (14/0) -
Mongolia (2/1) -
Nepal (5/3) -
League of Nations mandate for Palestine (10/0) -
Philippines (6/0) -
Siam (2/2) -
Tajik SSR (2/0) -
Tibet (4/0) -
Turkey (0/1) -
Turkmen SSR (1/0) -
Uzbek SSR (2/0) -
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (3/0)
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Since 2009, annual Asian Relations Conferences have taken place again , also organized by the ICWA and the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies , which was founded in 1996, following the tradition of the 1947 event.
literature
- JA McCallum: The Asian Relations Conference. In: The Australian Quarterly. Volume 19, No. 2, June 1947, ISSN 1443-3605 , pp. 13-17.
- JA McCallum: Personalities at the Asian Relations Conference. In: The Australian Quarterly. Volume 19, No. 3, September 1947, ISSN 1443-3605 , pp. 39-44.
- Asian Relations Conference: Asian relations. Being Report of the Proceedings and Documentation of the First Asian Relations Conference, New Delhi, March-April, 1947. Asian Relations Organization, New Delhi 1948.
- Shankar Sharan: Fifty Years after the Asian Relations Conference . Tibetan Parliamentary & Policy Research Center, New Delhi 1997 ( PDF file; 0.2 MB ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b J. A. McCallum: The Asian Relations Conference. In: The Australian Quarterly. Volume 19, No. 2, June 1947, ISSN 1443-3605 , p. 13
- ^ About Asian Relations Conference
- ^ Asian Relations Conference: Asian relations. Being Report of the Proceedings and Documentation of the First Asian Relations Conference, New Delhi, March-April, 1947. Asian Relations Organization, New Delhi 1948, pp. 263-278.
- ↑ a b c The list of participants names three participants from Cambodia, Cochin China and Laos , each from Saigon , Phnom Penh and Vientiane .
- ^ All participants from Seoul
- ^ All participants Jews
- ^ About Asian Relations Conference