Posted on December 23rd, 2020
KAMALIKA PIERIS
One solution
to the problem of a future Indian Ocean war is for Sri Lanka to return to the
policy of Non Alignment. The Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM) started at
Bandung Conference of 1955, during the time of Prime Minister SWRD
Bandaranaike. It became a formal organization in 1961.
Under the
Chairpersonship of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka helped this
movement reach its zenith in the mid 1970s.
Sri Lanka held a very successful Non-Aligned Summit in Colombo in
1976. After that, Sri Lanka occupied a
respected position in international relations. Sri Lanka was regularly
consulted at the United Nations. Sri Lanka’s opinion was sought at the UN when