The Non-Aligned Movement shifted focus to economic concerns in the early 1970s

Evidence

During the fourth summit of the NAM in September 1973, President Houari Boumedienne of Algeria, host of the Algiers meeting, called for a special session of the United Nations “with a view to establishing a new system of relations based on equality and common interests of all states” (Marshall 1994). This meeting, which would take place in spring 1974, was the Sixth Special Session of the General Assembly, at which the G-77 countries officially launched the NIEO project. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1739

Categorization

• DEFINE: Maps the historical chain: NAM summit at Algiers 1973 -> Sixth Special Session -> NIEO launch, useful for tracing the institutional origins.
• XREF: connects to: The 1970s NIEO represented developing countries’ collective demand for redistribution and sovereignty. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 163; The Non-Aligned Movement created a political space between the American and Soviet spheres.

Broader Connections

• The Non-Aligned Movement created a political space between the American and Soviet spheres. #expands (0.85)