Basically many countries tried to avoid becoming a part of/getting involved in the Cold War. They viewed night the US and USSR as imperialist.
The non alignment movement (NAM) was founded in 1961 by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Indonesia President Sukarno, Egypt President Nasser, Ghana President Nkrumah and Yugoslavia President Tito.
NAM announced that it would push for an alternative economic order and would campaign against the arms race that had put the fear of nuclear annihilation across the globe. Those were peaceful days for NAM, asserting its moral authority against war and poverty.