CONEFO

{{Short description|Former alternative to the United Nations}}

{{Infobox geopolitical organization

| conventional_long_name = Conference of the New Emerging Forces

| native_name = {{native name|id|Konferensi Negara-Negara Berkembang}}

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| alt_map =

| map_caption = {{color box|C80000}} Member states
{{color box|FF6464}} Observer states

| org_type = Intergovernmental organization

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| admin_center_type = Headquarters

| admin_center = Jl. Gatot Subroto, 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}}

}}

{{Sukarno series}}

The Conference of the New Emerging Forces (CONEFO) was an intergovernmental organization that existed from 1965 to 1966. CONEFO was an attempt by President Sukarno of Indonesia to create a new bloc of "emerging countries" that would be an alternative power centre to the United Nations and to the "old-established forces" — a category in which Sukarno included both the United States and the Soviet Union.{{sfn|Redfern|2010|p=372}} It was intended to build on the legacy of the 1955 Bandung Conference and the Non-Aligned Movement, by asserting the interests of the Third World and a neutral posture towards the Cold War.

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 of the low-level Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation between the two countries. An angry Sukarno took Indonesia out of the UN (the only country to have done so) and formed a rival world organization, having taken similar steps when he created the Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) as an alternative to the Olympic Games in 1963.{{sfn|Redfern|2010|p=379}} Indonesia constructed a new building complex in Jakarta to host CONEFO with the financial aid of the People's Republic of China.{{sfn|JakartaGreater|2015|p=}}

CONEFO never met before it was dissolved on 11 August 1966 by General Suharto after ousting Sukarno from power. Indonesia rejoined the United Nations and the CONEFO complex, now called the MPR/DPR/DPD building, became the seat of the People's Consultative Assembly.{{sfn|Redfern|2010|p=379}}