America blocks yet another UN treaty

[Saint Marcus]

This time, it's a new Children's Rights Treaty. Like in 1989, when the US and Somalia as only world countries refused to sign the treaty, the same is happening this time.



How many treaties has the US blocked/not-signed/not-ratified since Bush was elected? Way too many

[chequita guevara]

What's in the treaty?

[Saint Marcus]

things the US doesn't agree with: for minors: right on sex-ed, right on abortion, ban on capital punishment, ban on life imprisonment. probably some other things too. have to look it up.

NOTE: only for minors. this isn't about a total ban on capital punishment, only on a ban for capital punishment on kids.

The convention has been ratified by 191 countries -- all nations except Somalia and the United States. President Bush's administration opposed language saying the convention is "the standard" for children's rights, because the United States is not a party, and diplomats said the text was reluctantly watered down.

[chequita guevara]

Post a summary of the treaty (or the treaty itself), please. Without being able to evaluate it for ourselves, we cannot make an informed judgement.

[Buck Birdseed]

Edit: Oh, it's a new treaty, not The Convention on the Rights of the Child..

[Saint Marcus]

I'm unsure what it is exactly, but it is related to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. I got this from local papers.

here's a CNN link: http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/11/un.....ap/index.html

Hmmm. it's an action plan to fullfill promises made in the 89 convention. The US has blocked several passages in the action plan, and has yet to ratify the convention itself (as only nation in the world).

Somalia signed the convention this week and is expected to ratify it -- which will leave the United States as the lone holdout.

[chequita guevara]

How embarressing for us.

[Ecthy]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus
The convention has been ratified by 191 countries -- all nations except Somalia and the United States.

I thought there were only 192 nations on Earth. Has there been any new recently?

[chequita guevara]

Apparently you were wrong. It seems to be 193, not including unrecognized countries like the Dnieper (or is Dniester?) Republic, Osvestia, and other little break aways in the Former USSR.

[Ecthy]

Nope, all my sources say 192. (world map on my wall with list of countries, atlas with list of countries etc etc)

[Ecthy]

there must have been some new one created... Dagestan, Chechnya and Kosovo sur estill belong to their mothers, so that can't be it... but then what happened that might have created a new nation in the past 5 years? East Timor?

[Az]

guess so. But I don't think they ratified it yet.

and Dagestan is not breaking away. yet.


oh, and about the subject : another UN treaty that no country gives a damn about .

[DinoDoc]

Go Bush.

[Kropotkin]

I heard that the US had a problem with the passage that banned capital punishment for minors. Go Bush!

[Az]

oh , and chegitz, it's the dneister.