Members have, at various times, included: Yugoslavia, India, Ghana, Pakistan, Algeria, Libya, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Indonesia, Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela, post-1994 South Africa, Iran, Malaysia, and, for a time, the People's Republic of China. Brazil has never been a formal member of the movement, but shares many of the aims of NAM and frequently sends observers to the Non-Aligned Movement's summits.
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Many third world countries are dormant players in the cold war. Since the cold war is mostly about outshining the other principle in making new weapons, superior vehicles and new achievements like space exploration, the third war countries are not major participants.
Many countries wanted to avoid falling under the influence of the global superpowers
Nonalignment, that is, not allied to either side in the Cold War. India, which blended a democratic government with a socialist economy, was a leader in the nonaligned movement.
durin the cold war the three nations that got divided were Korea,Vietnam and,Germany
They were better able to resist political and economic interference from the United States and the Soviet Union.