Aligned Movement (NAM) on other continents will also attend the golden jubilee celebrations of the 1955 Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung, West Java, on April 24. Indonesian foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda said recently that foreign ministers from the two continents have already drafted a declaration on a strategic partnership that will be signed by heads of state during the summit. Officials at the summit are also expected to issue a statement on a tsunami early warning system for countries around the Indian Ocean, Wirajuda said. Asia and Africa are home to 4.6 billion people, or 73 percent of the world's population. The combined gross domestic product of the two continents amounts to 9.3 trillion dollars.
