1973 Non-Aligned Movement Standing Committee Conference took place on 13-15 May 1973 in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan perceived Non-Alignment as a guaranty of peace in independence in the context in which the country shared a long border both with Soviet Union and CENTO member states.

[3] Delegation of Sri Lanka proposed Colombo as the host of the 5th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement which was strongly supported by SFR Yugoslavia.

[3] Yugoslavia supported unofficial interest by Australia and North Korea to attend the next meeting with observer status.

[3] India, Guyana and SFR Yugoslavia played particularly active role in preparation of the working materials for the following summit in Algeria.