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 and Third World solidarity. The organization is based in Egypt and has around 26-50 staff.[1]

The AAPSO was founded as the Solidarity Council of the Afro-Asian Countries at a conference held in Cairo December 1957 to January 1958. The name was changed to its present form at the second conference held in Conakry, Guinea in April 1960.[2] The AAPSO has 90 national committees.[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization (AAPSO)". devex.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization" in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia 1979