Q. Consider the following statements:

1. The first non-aligned summit was held in Belgrade in 1961.
2. Growing Cold War tensions and its widening arenas was one of the important concerns of the members of the NAM.

Which of the above is / are correct?
Answer: Both 1 and 2
Notes: Both are correct statements. The roots of NAM went back to the friendship between three leaders - Yugoslavia's Josip Broz Tito, India's Jawaharlal Nehru, and Egypt's leader-Gamal Abdel Nasser - who held a meeting in 1956. Indonesia's Sukarno and Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah strongly supported them. These five leaders came to be known as the five founders of the NAM. The first Non-aligned Summit was held in Belgrade in 1961. Growing Cold War tensions and its widening arenas was one of the important concerns of the members of the NAM.