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title: "Panchsheel: Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence"
description: "Panchsheel refers to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, essential in Indian foreign policy and key for Model UN students and researchers."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Panchsheel are the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence governing inter-state conduct, first codified in the preamble to the 1954 India-China Tibet Agreement.
- When and in which document were the Panchsheel principles first formally stated?
- What are the five principles of Panchsheel?
- How did the 1962 war affect the standing of Panchsheel?
- How does Panchsheel relate to Bandung and the Non-Aligned Movement?

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1. 29 April 1954

   The principles were first enunciated in the preamble to the Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet Region of China and India, signed on in Bei…

2. 28 June 1954

   Nehru jointly affirmed the principles with Zhou Enlai in a statement issued on , and they were subsequently endorsed by Burma's U Nu.

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In April 1954, Jawaharlal Nehru and Zhou Enlai embedded the Five Principles in the India-China Tibet Agreement, later jointly reaffirming them in their statement of 28 June 1954.

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