The Bandung Conference
What is Bandung Conference? Bandung Conference is an international meeting and conference that unite the newly independent countries from Asia and Africa, which took places at Bandung April 18-24th 1955. This conference is the first international conference in Indonesia that had been held by five countries, they were Indonesia, Burma (now is Myanmar), Ceylon (now is Sri Lanka), India, and Pakistan. Bandung Conference’s purpose is to promote the economic and culture cooperation between the Asian and African’s countries. The mission is to against the colonialism and neocolonialisme that come from U.S., Uni Soviet (now is Russia), and the other imperialism countries.
There is one thing that makes Bandung Conference is really important to be held. At that time, there is a Cold War that confrontate Liberalism from U.S and Communist from Uni Soviet. This war is to compete which side that succeed to influence most of country in the world. Several country that become target to influence is the newly independent country, such as little country in Africa and Asia including Indonesia. So because of this situation, the Bandung Conference’s pioneer (Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan) is eventually held this conference to create a cooperation that rise against that Cold War influence and together with the other 29 countries.
As the result, there are 10 points that called “Dasasila Bandung”. It contains the concept of how to keep the world’s harmony and good cooperation between every country. This concept including some principle from the United Nations Charter and Nehru’s Principle. After the Bandung Conference held, the relationship between the countries from Asia and Africa become really good and harmonic.
I think there are so many incredible things that we can take from that historical event and practice it in our daily life. First, its high tolerance. We know that the culture from the Asian country and African country is really different. Moreover this 29 country are not knowing each other yet before. But with the high tolerance, they can understanding each other and not becoming racism. All of them become one and become a good ‘friends’. Second, the leader’s thought that makes the Bandung Conference happen. The leader’s visionaire thought can be our motivation and inspiration, that we are as a human we have to be clever and be kind to every people. Third, the effect of Bandung Conference is a new spirit for the unindependent country in Asia and Africa to be free from the colonialism. The unindependent country will see that the independent country is free to make a choices and feel enthusiastic to be free.
So, the Bandung Conference event is really important to be remembered and to be memorized in our mind. Because it was a really great history that concern so many country in
Asia and Africa. It contains such a complex stuff in the Bandung Conference’s result. Because of that we can’t forget it and we have to keep the good points from that and practice it everyday.
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