Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation

Dr. Murad Ghaleb, then Secretary-General of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation (second from left) at the Headquarters of the United Nations (New York, 16 June 1988)

The Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation (AAPSO) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the ideals of national liberation, anti-colonialism, and Third World solidarity. ^[1] The organization is based in Egypt and has around 26-50 staff. ^[2]

The AAPSO was founded as the Solidarity Council of the Afro-Asian Countries at a conference held in Cairo December 1957 to January 1958. ^[3] The name was changed to its present form at the second conference held in Conakry, Guinea in April 1960. ^[4] The AAPSO has 90 national committees. ^[2] The Soviet Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee was a charter member. Observer status was held by the World Federation of Trade Unions, World Federation of Democratic Youth, Women's International Democratic Federation and the World Peace Council. ^[4]

National committees

Country	Member	Ref
Bahrain	Bahrain AAPSO Group	[5]
Bangladesh	Bangladesh AAPSO	[5]
Benin	Section Beninoise de l'AAPS	[5]
France	AFASPA	[5]
Germany	Solidarity Committee of the German Democratic Republic	[5]
India	The All India Committee of AIPSO	[5]
Japan	Japan Asia Africa Latin America Solidarity Committee	[5]
Lebanon	Comité Libanais	[5]
Madagascar	Fifanampiana Malagasy	[5]
Malta	Malta Labour Party	[6] [7] [8]
Nepal	AAPSO Nepal	[5]
North Korea	Korean Committee for Afro-Asian Solidarity	[5]
Philippines	Philippine Peace and Solidarity Council	[5]
Russia	National Committee	[5]
Sri Lanka	National Committee	[5]
Tanzania	National Committee	[5]
Vietnam	National Committee	[5]

See also

• Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America

References

1. Harmer, Tanya; Álvarez, Alberto Martín (2021-04-06). Toward a Global History of Latin America’s Revolutionary Left. University Press of Florida. p. 119. ISBN   978-1-68340-283-1.
2. "Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization (AAPSO)". devex.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
3. Staff writer (2024). "Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization (AAPSO)". UIA Global Civil Society Database. uia.org. Brussels, Belgium: Union of International Associations. Yearbook of International Organizations Online. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
4. "Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization" in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia 1979
5. "National Committees Condolences". aapsorg.org. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
6. Bonnici, Julian (5 November 2019). "L-Interdett: How Malta's Church Made Supporting The Labour Party A Mortal Sin". Lovin Malta. Lovin Media Group. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
7. Malta: Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation (AAPSO) and the Malta Labour Party. The National Archives, Kew. 1961. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
8. Il-verita dwar l-A.A.P.S.O. (in Maltese). Social Action Movement. 1962. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Afro-Asian Solidarity and the World Mission of the Peoples of Africa and Asia by Anwar Sadat, a speech given at the founding congress