Non-Aligned Movement :
Total members : 120
Observers : 17
Conceived by : India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru;
Indonesia's first president, Sukarno;
Egypt's second president, Gamal Abdel Nasser;
Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah; and
Yugoslavia's president, Josip Broz Tito.
The organization was founded in Belgrade in 1961.
Present chairperson : Mahmoud Ahmadinejad / Hassan Rouhani of Iran.
The 16th NAM summit took place in Tehran, Iran, from 26 to 31 August 2012.
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