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{{Short description|Former alternative to the United Nations}}
{{Infobox geopolitical organization
| name                = '''Conference of the<br>New Emerging Forces'''<br>{{small|{{native name|id|Konferensi Negara-Negara Berkembang}}}}
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| image_map           = CONEFO (member states and observers).png
| alt_map             = Member states and observers of CONEFO
| map_caption         = {{colorbox|C80000}} Member states<br/>{{colorbox|FF6464}} Observer states
| org_type            = [[Social:Intergovernmental organization|Intergovernmental organization]]
| membership          = 4 member states<br/>5 observer states
| admin_center_type   = Headquarters
| admin_center        = Jl. Gatot Subroto, [[Place:Jakarta|Jakarta]], Indonesia
| established_event1  = Established
| established_date1   = {{Start date and age|1965|01|07|df=yes|p=y}}
| established_event2  = Dissolved
| established_date2   = {{Start date and age|1966|08|11|df=yes|p=y}}
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The '''Conference of the New Emerging Forces''' (CONEFO) was an effort by President Sukarno of Indonesia to create a new bloc of "emerging countries" that would be an alternative power centre to the {{wipe|United Nations}} and to the "old-established forces"—a category in which Sukarno included both the {{wipe|United States}} and the [[Place:Soviet Union|Soviet Union]].{{sfn|Redfern|2010|p=372}} It was intended to build on the legacy of the 1955 Bandung Conference and assert the interests of the [[Social:Third World|Third World]] and a neutral posture towards the [[History:Cold War|Cold War]]. 

To host CONEFO, Indonesia constructed a new building complex in [[Place:Jakarta|Jakarta]] with the financial aid of {{wipe|China}}.{{sfn|JakartaGreater|2015|p=}} Since CONEFO never met, the complex – now called the MPR/DPR/DPD building – houses the Indonesian national parliament.{{sfn|Redfern|2010|p=379}}

CONEFO was officially established on 7 January 1965, after Sukarno's government objected to Malaysia becoming a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council at a time when Indonesia had declared a low-level conflict called the Konfrontasi (confrontation) against Malaysia. An angry Sukarno took Indonesia out of the UN and formed a rival world organization.{{sfn|Redfern|2010|p=379}} He had taken similar steps in 1963 when he created the Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) as an alternative to the [[Social:Olympic Games|Olympic Games]]. 

CONEFO was dissolved on 11 August 1966 by General [[Biography:Suharto|Suharto]], who had ousted Sukarno from power.

==CONEFO member states==
* {{flagdeco|INA}} Indonesia
* {{flagdeco|CHN}} {{wipe|China}}
* {{flagdeco|PRK}} North Korea
* {{flagdeco|North Vietnam}} North Vietnam

===Observers===
* {{flagdeco|URS|1955}} [[Place:Soviet Union|Soviet Union]]
* {{flagdeco|CUB}} Cuba
* {{flagdeco|YUG}} Yugoslavia
* {{flagdeco|UAR}} [[Place:United Arab Republic|United Arab Republic]]
* {{flagdeco|PLO}} Palestine Liberation Organization
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==References==
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* {{cite web|url=http://jakartagreater.com:80/ganefo-conefo-lembaran-sejarah-yang-terlupakan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027173139/http://jakartagreater.com/ganefo-conefo-lembaran-sejarah-yang-terlupakan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-10-27|title=GANEFO & CONEFO Lembaran Sejarah yang Terlupakan|publisher=JakartaGreater|date=2015-10-25|accessdate=2017-05-19|ref={{SfnRef|JakartaGreater |2015}}}}
* {{Citation|last=Redfern|first=William|title=Sukarno's Guided Democracy and the Takeovers of Foreign Companies in Indonesia in the 1960s|url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/77846/wredfern_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|publisher=[[Organization:University of Michigan|University of Michigan]]|location=Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States|date=2010}}
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[[Category:Intergovernmental organizations]]

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