Word: alis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nehru's careful plans tumbled around his ears. Pakistan's Mohammed Ali, arriving late, objected to Nehru's plan to avoid controversial questions and to skip opening speeches. Turkey's Fatin Rustu Zorlu said coldly that Turkey was not ready to accept decisions taken in its absence. "We have traveled a long way, and we want to be heard," said Liberia's Momolu Dukuly. Angrily, Nehru stalked out of the room, snapping, "The trouble with this conference is that there are too many people here with a U.N. mentality...
...world with a new form of colonialism much deadlier than the old one." said Iraq's Fadhil Jamali. "Under the old form, there was at least some chance of hearing the cries of pain." As he sat down to a burst of applause, Pakistan's Mohammed Ali clapped him enthusiastically on the back while Nehru glowered...
...fight to regain our manhood from Western colonial rulers only to surrender it to rulers among ourselves who seize the power to keep us enslaved?" demanded the Philippines' Carlos Romulo. Added Pakistan's Ali: "We [must not be] misled into opening our doors to a more insidious form of imperialism that masquerades in the guise of liberation...
Rebuttal by Nehru. Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Libya, Liberia, the Sudan and the Philippines joined in sponsoring a resolution condemning "all types of colonialism, including international doctrines resorting to methods of force,' infiltration and subversion." Pakistan's Mohammed Ali offered a substitute for Nehru's and Chou's "five principles" which included (as the "five principles" do not) the right to form alliances for self-defense. Turkey's Zorlu supported him. "If it were not for NATO, Turkey would not be able to attend the conference," said Zorlu...
Soothingly, Burma's U Nu suggested a resolution wrapping up the "five principles" of coexistence with the U.N. charter of human rights. "There is nothing in this proposal which can be opposed by anybody," said Nehru approvingly. But Pakistan's Ali insisted stubbornly: "This conference will not be realistic if it discusses only one side of colonialism and not the other." There, with a pro-Western majority confronting Neutralists Nehru, U Nu and Indonesia's Sastroamidjojo, the conference deadlocked. (In the end, the conference agreed to denounce "colonialism in all its manifestations...