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U.N. Urges U.S. to Shut Guantanamo Prison
The United States should close its prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and avoid using secret detention facilities in the war on terror, the U.N. panel that monitors compliance with the world's anti-torture treaty said Friday.
Associated Press 5/19/2006
U.S. No Longer Promoting Landmine Ban
In 1994, the United States was the first nation to call for the elimination of landmines that killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of innocent people around the world. But that was then. Today, Washington not only stands in opposition to an international treaty that bans the use and production of antipersonnel landmines, but intends to make new ones too.
OneWorld US 12/28/2005
U.S. Opposes Litany of Global Treaties in 2005
Twenty-six years ago, the United Nations adopted a treaty that is often described by human rights experts as the international "Bill of Rights" for women. Today that treaty has been endorsed by more than 170 nations. However, while the entire industrial world fully supports the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the United States is the only developed nation that continues to oppose it.
OneWorld US 12/24/2005
U.S. Resurfaces Opposition to International Court
While senior United Nations officials and diplomats from other countries would like to see the International Criminal Court (ICC) playing an important role in the world community's efforts to deter attacks against innocent civilians during armed conflicts, the United States says no way.
OneWorld US 12/22/2005
U.S. Ranks 16th of 21 Donors, on Population Aid
Of the 21 major donor nations, the United States ranked 16th in the quantity and quality of the population and reproductive-health projects that are supported by its foreign aid program, according to a new study released Tuesday by Population Action International (PAI), a Washington-based research and advocacy group.
OneWorld US 12/1/2004
U.S. Double Standard on Human Rights Prompts UN Tactical Twists
The United States, which traditionally castigates human rights violators before the United Nations each year, has rarely or ever been formally condemned by the world body for its own transgressions of civil liberties.
Inter Press Service 11/23/2004
U.S. Will Pursue Aggressive Foreign Policy: Powell
President Bush has a fresh mandate to pursue an "aggressive" foreign policy, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday. Powell said Bush had no intention of pulling back and insisted Bush had a mandate to pursue American national interests in international affairs.
Reuters 11/9/2004
U.S.: Neo-Con Agenda: Iran, China, Russia, Latin America...
An influential foreign-policy neo-conservative with long-standing ties to top hawks in the administration of President George W Bush has laid out what he calls ''a checklist of the work the world will demand of this president and his subordinates in a second term.''
Inter Press Service 11/6/2004
U.S.: New Bush Foreign Policy Posture Unlikely
Earnest hopes that U.S. President George W Bush will be prepared to seriously ''reach out'' to U.S. friends and allies overseas to make his foreign policy less aggressive and unilateral in his second term are likely to be earnestly disappointed.
Inter Press Service 11/4/2004
Russian Parliament’s Kyoto Ratification Underlines Bush Isolation
In addition to setting the stage for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol’s entry into force early next year, Friday’s overwhelming ratification by the Russia’s lower house of Parliament underlines the degree to which the administration of President George W. Bush has isolated the United States from its industrialized partners.
OneWorld US 10/25/2004
250 World Leaders, But Not US, Back UN Population Plan
More than 250 world figures -- but not the Bush administration -- have urged the United Nations to promote a population agenda that seeks women's education, health care and family planning.
Reuters 10/15/2004
Polls: Views of America Worsening
America's reputation around the world is hurting, according to a series of coordinated polls from 10 countries, including many of the United States' closest allies.
Associated Press 10/15/2004
Bush Absent As 250 World Leaders Reaffirm Women's Rights
With the notable exception of U.S. President George W. Bush, more than 250 global leaders, including former President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, reaffirmed their commitment to a ten-year-old UN plan to ensure the rights of women around the world.
OneWorld US 10/14/2004
US is retreating from international legal system, study finds
Despite its pledges to stay engaged with the world, the United States is gradually retreating from the UN-sponsored system of international law, having ratified only about 29 percent of existing multilateral agreements, according to a new study.
Agence France Presse (AFP) 9/30/2004
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