- The Bandung Conference, held in Indonesia in 1955, was a meeting of Asian and African states. - Key principles discussed at Bandung, such as respect for sovereignty, non-interference, and peaceful coexistence, became the foundational tenets of the Non-Aligned Movement. - The conference brought together leaders who would later be key figures in NAM, including Jawaharlal Nehru (India), Sukarno (Indonesia), Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt), and Josip Broz Tito (Yugoslavia, though not African/Asian, he was invited).