Ulrika Sundberg
Ulrika Sundberg is a Swedish diplomat.[1] Her most recent appointment is Sweden's ambassador to Ireland and previously to Belgium (Sweden based) and Pakistan.[2][3][4]
In 2002 Sundberg wrote a paper entitled, "Durban: The Third World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance," in the .[5] It was her report on conference on racism held in Durban, South Africa in 2000, and the problems confrerees had agreeing on a definition of discrimination. In 2005 Sundberg wrote a nineteen-page report, entitled, "Human Rights and Terrorism: Some Comments on the Work of United Nations Commission on Human Rights," in the International Review of Penal Law.[6]
In 2006 Sundberg took a lead role in Swedish efforts to have the World Bank to incorporate human rights standards into its lending.[1]
Sundberg had regular meetings with Rehman Malik, Pakistan's Minister of the Interior, when four Muslim Swedes, Mehdi Ghezali, Munir Awad, Safia Benaouda, and her two-year-old child, were captured and faced allegations that they had ties to terrorism.[2][3][4] The four were captured on August 28, 2009, and were released, without charge, on October 10, 2009.
References[]
- ^ a b "The World Bank takes on the Human Rights agenda". Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. October 10, 2006. Archived from the original on October 10, 2009.
- ^ a b "Terror suspect Swedes freed from Pakistan". The Local. October 10, 2009. Archived from the original on October 10, 2009.
- ^ a b "Sweden: Pakistan has released arrested Swedes". Mlive. October 10, 2009. Archived from the original on October 10, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
- ^ a b "Pakistan Swedes Freed". SR International. October 10, 2009. Archived from the original on October 10, 2009.
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Ulrika Sundberg (2002). "Durban: The Third World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance". 73 (1). . Archived from the original on October 10, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2009. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ Ulrika Sundberg (2005). "Human Rights and Terrorism: Some Comments on the Work of United Nations Commission on Human Rights". 76 (1). . Retrieved October 10, 2009.
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- Living people
- Ambassadors of Sweden to Pakistan
- Ambassadors of Sweden to Belgium
- Ambassadors of Sweden to Ireland
- Swedish women ambassadors