Sukarno’s Speech: To Build the World Anew September 30, 1960

To Build the World Anew is a speech delivered at the 15th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) on 30 September 1960 in New York, United States. It conveyed by Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia and a nationalist leader who declared Indonesia’s independence, as well as a leading figure among Asian and African leaders during the decolonization period. The speech was recorded in textual, photograph, sound recording and film archives. In the speech, Sukarno outlined his conceptual thinking about nationalism, anti-colonialism and anti-imperialism, solidarity and social justice among nations, peaceful coexistence and disarmament policies, reconstruction/ reinforcement of UN, and Pancasila (the five basic principles) as an alternative ideology. By elaborating these concepts, Sukarno articulated the desire of the newly independent states to be recognized as equal member of the international society. Sukarno’s concept had also encouraged other countries in the world to be more active in creating world peace and equality, which was manifested in the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961.