7th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement

Seventh Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement on 7–12 March 1983 took place in New Delhi in India, one of the founders and leading members of the Non-Aligned Movement.[1] The summit followed the 1979 summit in Havana, Cuba at which confrontation between moderate member states led by SFR Yugoslavia and India and radical states led by Cuba led the movement into crisis.[2] The keynote address delivered by Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi.[1] At the summit in New Delhi Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia and Vanuatu were admitted as new member states, Papua New Guinea, Antigua and Barbuda as observers and Dominican Republic as an guest state.[2] Cambodia was absent from the meeting due to rival delegations controversy, Saint Lucia failed to send a delegation while Luxembourg's request for an guest status was rejected on formalistic deadline grounds.[3] 1,500 journalists followed the event.[3]

7th Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement
: Member states  : Observers  : Guests  : Rejected participation
Host country	India
Date	7–12 March 1983
Cities	New Delhi
Chair	Indira Gandhi
Follows	6th Summit (Havana,  Cuba)
Precedes	8th Summit (Harare,  Zimbabwe)