nonaligned nations
21Zhou Enlai — /joh en luy /; Chin. /joh un luy / 1898 1976, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1949 76. Also, Chou En lai. * * * or Chou En lai born March 5, 1898, Huai an, Jiangsu province, China died Jan. 8, 1976, Beijing Chinese communist leader, premier… …
22Bandaranaike, Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias — ▪ 2001 Sri Lankan political leader (b. April 17, 1916, Ratnapura, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] d. Oct. 10, 2000, Gampaha, Sri Lanka), became in 1960 the first woman in the world to serve as a prime minister. She was a member of a family dynasty… …
23Garba, Joseph Nanven — ▪ 2003 Nigerian military officer and diplomat (b. July 17, 1943, Langtang, Nigeria d. June 1, 2002, Abuja, Nigeria), participated in the 1975 bloodless coup that deposed Gen. Yakubu Gowon as head of state, then served as external affairs… …
24Kreisky, Bruno — ▪ chancellor of Austria born Jan. 22, 1911, Vienna, Austria died July 29, 1990, Vienna leader of the Social Democratic Party of Austria and chancellor of Austria (1970–83). Kreisky joined the Social Democratic Party in 1926; he was… …
25Taraki, Nur Mohammad — ▪ prime minister of Afghanistan born July 15, 1917, Ghaznī province, Afghanistan died October 9?, 1979, Kabul Afghan politician who was president and prime minister of Afghanistan from 1978 to 1979. Born into a rural Pashtun family,… …
26ACP — abbrev African, Caribbean and Pacific * * * ACP (no periods), African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries (group of over 40 nonaligned nations that have a treaty of cooperation with the European Economic Community) …
27NASSER, GAMAL ABDUL° — (1918–1970), president of the United Arab Republic (Egypt) and spokesman of the Pan Arab movement. As a leading member of the revolutionary group of free officers, in 1952 Nasser participated in overthrowing the Egyptian monarchy and establishing …
28Foreign relations of India — The Republic of India is the world s most populous democracy and has one of the fastest economic growth rates in the world (8.9 percent GDP increase in 2007, the second fastest major economy in the world after China). [… …
29India and the Non-Aligned Movement — India played an important role in the multilateral movements of colonies and newly independent countries that developed into the Non Aligned Movement. Origin of Non alignment movementNonalignment had its origins in India s colonial experience and …
30diplomacy — /di ploh meuh see/, n. 1. the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations. 2. the art or science of conducting such negotiations. 3. skill in managing negotiations, handling people, etc., so that there is… …
