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Basic Documents: Foreword
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- The Twelfth Summit of Heads of State or Government of the
Non-Aligned Countries was held in Durban, South Africa from 2 – 3 September 1998.
- The Summit was proceeded by a Preparatory Meeting at Ambassadorial/Senior Officials
Level and a Preparatory Meeting at Ministerial Level held from 29 August to 1 September
1998.
- The following Members of the Non-Aligned Movement attended the Summit:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia,
Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba,
Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Indonesia,
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People’s
Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar,
Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco,
Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine,
Panama, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,
Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab
Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- The Representatives of the following countries attended the Summit as Observers:
Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, China (People’s Republic), Costa Rica, Croatia,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Kazakhstan, Kyrgvzstan, Mexico, Paraguay, Ukraine, Uruguay.
The following organisations and national liberation movements also attended as
Observers:
Organisation of African Unity, League of Arab States, Organization of the Islamic
Conference, Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization, New Independentist Movement
of Puerto Rico, Front de Liberation Nationale Kanak Socialiste (FLNKS).
- The following countries and organisations attended the Summit as Guests:
Australia, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic,
Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States of
America.
- The following organisations also attended:
United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian
People, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations
Education, Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Special Committee on
Decolonisation, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Group of 77 Developing
Countries, Group of Eight, European Union, International Committee of the Red Cross, World
Federalist Movement, South Centre, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO), International Organisation for Migration (IOM), The
December 12th Movement International Secretariat, International Campaign to Ban
Landmines, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy: Abolition 2000, The Japan Asia, Africa and
Latin America Solidarity Committee.
- The Twelfth Summit was declared open by President Pastrana of the Republic of Colombia.
His Excellency, Nelson Mandela, President of the Republic of South Africa delivered an
inspiring inaugural address which was widely acknowledged as an important contribution to
the successful outcome of the Conference. The President called for the remaking of the
present world characterised by the unbearable violence of hunger, homelessness, disease
and war. He stressed that our efforts in remaking the world would require a new and bold
political leadership in both the developed and developing countries that would be able to
grasp the significance of the enormous economic opportunities presented by the current
global situation. The President also reaffirmed the important role that the Movement has
to play in assisting Africa to realise the historic objectives of its Renaissance.
- The Heads of State or Government welcomed the admission of Belarus as a Member of the
Movement.
- The Chairman of the Ad Hoc Panel of Economic Experts, Dr Gamani Corea, presented the
recommendations contained in the Report of the Ad Hoc Panel to the Heads of State or
Government.
 
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