Budimir Loncar, a longtime diplomat and Mesic's foreign policy adviser, was the original proponent of using the NAM to gain support for Croatia's Security Council bid.
Budimir Lončar, dugogodišnji diplomata i Mesićev spoljnopolitički savetnik, bio je inicijator ideje da se Nesvrstani iskoriste za podršku hrvatskoj kandidaturi za mesto u SB.