when was the bandung conference held how many countries joined the conference
The first large-scale Asian -- African or Afro -- Asian Conference -- also known as the Bandung Conference (Indonesian: Konferensi Asia-Afrika) -- was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, which took place on April 18 -- 24, 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia. The twenty-nine countries that participated at the Bandung Conference represented nearly one-quarter of the Earth's land surface and a total population of 1.5 billion people, roughly 54% of the Earth's population at the time. The conference was organised by Indonesia, Burma, Pakistan, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and India and was coordinated by Ruslan Abdulgani, secretary general of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.