Hey Kofi:
Posted on 08/25/2005 8:15:19 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Document had been considered close to completion after nearly a year of negotiations.
UNITED NATIONS – John R. Bolton, in his first public initiative as U.S. ambassador, circulated a proposal to scrap more than 400 passages in a document proposing change at the United Nations that had been considered close to completion after nearly a year of intensive negotiations.
"Time is short," Bolton said in a letter to the other 190 U.N. ambassadors. He proposed immediate negotiations on the matter, starting with General Assembly President Jean Ping's draft of the document but urging his fellow envoys to remain "open to alternative formats if they help us achieve consensus."
More than 170 heads of state have confirmed their presence at a session beginning Sept. 14 that will be asked to approve what are seen as the most sweeping changes at the United Nations in its 60-year history.
The extent of the deletions sought by the Americans and the late hour of the move brought complaints that the United States was sabotaging the U.N. effort to meet demands - many originating from Washington - that the institution change itself to adjust to modern times and make its operations transparent and accountable.
"It would be very unfortunate and not in the interest of the United States or the international community for the new U.S. ambassador to barge in and undermine an important summit negotiation process," said William R. Pace, general secretary of the New York-based World Federalist Movement.
In response, Richard A. Grenell, the spokesman for the U.S. mission, said, "The fact that we took this document seriously and put it through a thorough interagency process to evaluate its policy implications and then we commented on our ideas should be celebrated, not criticized."
(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
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Among the changes under consideration by the United Nations are the substitution of the discredited Human Rights Commission with a more powerful Human Rights Council; the creation of a Peacebuilding Commission to help countries emerging from conflict; the defining of terrorism to exclude its justification as a national resistance or liberation tool; and the empowerment of the international community to intervene in countries that fail to protect their populations in cases of genocide and ethnic cleansing. Among U.S. objections: the International Criminal Court, which the United States believes could hear frivolous actions against Americans abroad; the Kyoto Protocol on global warming; the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; and the pledge by countries to devote 0.7 percent of gross national product to development. The United States also objects to the document's stress on disarmament rather than non-proliferation, its lack of clarity in assigning responsibility to a management oversight committee and its failure to make clearer the needs for developing nations to provide better governance so that aid can be properly directed to the needy. |
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Hey Kofi:
John Bolton's comment comes to mind when discussing the UN.
Bolton has harshly disparaged the United Nations in the past. In 1994, for example, he charged, “There’s no such thing as the United Nations,” saying that ‘’If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.'’ Four years later, he attacked the international body again, saying, “many Republicans in Congress — and perhaps a majority — not only do not care about losing the General Assembly vote but actually see it as a ‘make my day’ outcome. Indeed, once the vote is lost, and the adverse consequences predicted by the U.N.’s supporters begin to occur, this will simply provide further evidence to many why nothing more should be paid to the U.N. system.”
He's the man!
Well, duh ... I thought that's why we were all backing Bolton so hard, because he was going to sabotage the UN and its efforts.
Oh...this is just too good. Give 'em hell.
good to see Bolton hit the ground running.
Every time I get disappointed with President Bush, for instance his lack of action about immigration, his failure to seal the border between Syria and Iraq, and his lack of action on the threat from Iran, he does something to redeem himself in my eyes. For instance his interim appointment of John Bolton, and I think, his appointment of Judge Roberts.
I've got to tell the truth, here. George Bush was not my first choice for President in 2000. I thought we would get a repeat of his father. But the man continually delights me now, and as for the disappointments, well, they were what I expected in the first place, so I'm not really too upset with him.
"Time is short," Bolton said.
I hope he glared at them when he said it and made them cry. BWAHAHAHAHAH.
"It would be very unfortunate and not in the interest of the United States or the international community for the new U.S. ambassador to barge in and undermine an important summit negotiation process," said William R. Pace, general secretary of the New York-based World Federalist Movement.
Now we see how the Democrats' delays in confirming Bolton supports their overall agenda.
Aw, is Bolton causing some problems for the peaceniks, dictators, commies and third world thugs?
Good. Keep it up Mr. Ambassador. Just reading some of what you object to it appears you got there just in time.
ROFL!
The Slimes is upset.....good!!!
jeeze the document mus be about half a page now....LOL!!!
But this is the part they really object too!
"that the institution change itself to adjust to modern times and make its operations TRANSPARENT and ACCOUNTABLE."
Which tells one where their allegiance really is.....!
Weren't we hearing just after Bolton's assumption to office that the recess appointment would hobble him, make him ineffectual, he'd have limited time, blah, blah, blah? Good to see him kickin' butt.
This must mean that the original document was about, say, 410 pages long.
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