SOSC 2351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lloyd Axworthy, Nobel Peace Prize, Louise Arbour

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2351
• Professor: Tanja Juric

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Is recognized for many acts of peace keeping. Won nobel peace prize for his efforts during suez crisis. Peacekeeping= create conditions for peace: trying to figure out what were base requirements in order to prevent conflict and war. Baghdact pact arab nations signed a pact to protect themselves from russian influence and it did(cid:374)(cid:859)t sit well with other nations because it allowed a colonial relationship to still exist. Britain and france and russia were fighting and the arab nations were stuck in the middle and were being asked to join a nation or step down. He is credited for his role in the writing of the udhr. Co(cid:374)tri(cid:271)utio(cid:374) o(cid:271)s(cid:272)ured (cid:449)he(cid:374) represe(cid:374)tati(cid:448)e fro(cid:373) fra(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:272)redited as (cid:858)father of the. Udh (cid:859) years later fou(cid:374)d origi(cid:374)al draft a(cid:373)ou(cid:374)t hu(cid:373)phreys papers (evidence of role: back then everyone wanted credit for udhr so these papers showed proof. First director of human rights division (1946-1966)