Rather than write insincere pap about the wonderful work of dead princesses, i'm considering a more interesting [and potentially subversive] angle: in late 1997, according to the Case documentation we've been given, a committee of delegates from 89 nations met to draft an anti-landmines treaty. The committee was awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts. The United States refused to sign the treaty, citing specific military objectives where landmine use was "justified".
There are potential parallels between America's behaviour in this Case and with, say, the Kyoto Protocol. Now i just need a few more examples of the US throwing their toys out of the global political sandpit to get a really good rant going. Any ideas? Links? Recommended reading?
― petra jane, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― di, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Other parallels with teh Kyoto incident are the US refusing to sign any of the international treaties to abolish the death penalty, last year (pre 11/9) Bush refusing to ratify the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court, the US recently deciding to ignore the Antiballistic missile treaty they signed in the 70s, and last year they lost their seat on the UN's Human Rights Commission for various reasons. Links? Amnesty International is sometimes useful, and Pravda is sometimes misleading.
― hamish, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Queen G, Wednesday, 20 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)