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{{Short description|1962β1967 multisports event set up by Indonesia}} {{Infobox organization | name = Games of the New Emerging Forces | logo_size = 150px | logo_caption = GANEFO seal | image = GANEFO flag.svg | image_size = 200px | caption = GANEFO flag | size = | type = Sporting event organization | formation = 1962β1967 | logo = GANEFO seal.svg | headquarters = [[Jakarta]], Indonesia | membership = 51 active members | leader_title = Federation cofounder | leader_name = [[Sukarno]]<br>{{small|President of Indonesia}} | language = English <br>{{small|and host country's official language when necessary}} | purpose = To boycott the [[International Olympic Committee]] after the suspension of [[Indonesia]] from that organisation }} {{Sukarno series}} The '''Games of the New Emerging Forces''' ('''GANEFO'''; {{langx|id|Pesta Olahraga Negara-Negara Berkembang}}) were the games set up by [[Indonesia]] as a counter to the [[Olympic Games]]. Established for the athletes of the so-called "emerging nations" (mainly socialist states and newly independent former colonies), GANEFO was the name given both to the games held in [[Jakarta]] in 1963 and the 36-member sporting federation established the same year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The New Emerging Forces|last=Modelski|first=George|publisher=Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies|year=1963|location=Canberra}}</ref> A second GANEFO scheduled for [[Cairo]] in 1967 was cancelled and GANEFO had only one subsequent event, an "Asian GANEFO" held in [[Phnom Penh]] in 1966.
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