The Golden Jubilee of the Bandung Afro-Asia Conference is an important occasion to reflect on the aspirations of independence, liberation, peaceful coexistence and development for Third World countries—concerns that are as important and urgent now as they were in 1955 during the early years of the Cold War.
Imperialist globalization and war presents the same and even greater challenges to the aspirations of independence, liberation, peaceful coexistence and development by the rest of the world living in the Third World. It was therefore important to commemorate the Spirit of Bandung and the principles behind that spirit.