Scandinavian Diplomacy on Human Rights and Economic Inequality at the United Nations in the 1970s

IF 0.6 Q1 HISTORY Diplomatica Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI:10.1163/25891774-bja10106
Rasmus S. Søndergaard
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Abstract In the 1970s, United Nations debates on human rights and economic inequality were deeply shaped by the New International Economic Order ( nieo ) advocated by the developing countries and the basic needs development strategy championed by the World Bank and the United States. This article uses archives from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway as well as UN records, to examine the contributions Scandinavian diplomats and policymakers made to these debates. It demonstrates that the Scandinavians took a favorable position on both the nieo and basic needs, viewing them as complementary strategies to realize economic and social human rights. This view matched their activist foreign policies centered on UN diplomacy, human rights, and Global South solidarity. Finally, the article argues that the Scandinavian position reflected and was underpinned by a broad conception of human rights that put economic and social rights on an even footing with civil and political rights.
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20世纪70年代在联合国关于人权和经济不平等的斯堪的纳维亚外交
上世纪70年代,联合国关于人权和经济不平等的辩论深受发展中国家倡导的“国际经济新秩序”(New International economic Order, nieo)以及世界银行和美国倡导的“基本需求发展战略”的影响。本文使用瑞典、丹麦和挪威的档案以及联合国的记录,来考察斯堪的纳维亚外交官和政策制定者对这些辩论的贡献。这表明斯堪的纳维亚人对新需要和基本需要都持有利的立场,认为它们是实现经济和社会人权的补充战略。这种观点与他们以联合国外交、人权和全球南方团结为中心的积极外交政策相吻合。最后,这篇文章认为,斯堪的纳维亚的立场反映并得到一种广泛的人权概念的支持,这种人权概念将经济和社会权利与公民权利和政治权利置于平等的地位。
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