To: neverdem
"While roughly 160 countries belong to the consular convention," she said, "less than 30 percent of those countries belong to the optional protocol
Looks like the US is only withdrawing from the optional protocol......sigh........ I guess it's a start.
118 posted on
03/10/2005 6:00:15 AM PST by
stylin19a
(The moose always rings twice....)
To: stylin19a
Looks like the US is only withdrawing from the optional protocol......sigh........ I guess it's a start. That's okay, the consular convention, in of itself, is fine. All it requires is that foreigners be given access to their consular officials.
141 posted on
03/10/2005 10:10:11 AM PST by
Modernman
("Normally, I don't listen to women, or doctors." - Captain Hero)
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