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UN "reform" measure proposed. (Insider Report).
Congressman David Dreier (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Rules Committee, and Congressman Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) are cosponsors of H.R. 1590, the "United States International Leadership Act of 2003." As summarized by the Council on Foreign Relations, the measure would require the State Department "to seek the creation of a 'democracy caucus' at the United Nations and other key international organizations. It also requires the State Department to seek reform of the leadership criteria at all UN bodies to prevent countries who are subject to UN sanctions or are listed as state-sponsors of terrorism from heading UN commissions."
One of the findings cited in the Dreier-Lantos bill is: "International organizations and other multilateral institutions play a key role in United ...
- Naked imperialism.(REVIEW OF THE MONTH; United States foreign relations)
- Magazine article from: Monthly Review Foster, John Bellamy September 1, 2005 700+ words
...global actions of the United States since September 11...imperialism is new to the United States, which has been an...at the Council on Foreign Relations, insists that the...danger" facing the United States in Iraq and around...
- United States: senate foreign relations committee approved CEDAW. (North...
- Magazine article from: off our backs November 1, 2002 700+ words
...the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved...Foundation. The United States is the only industrialized...ratify CEDAW, the United States is aligned with the...chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, blocked...
- The road to recovery.(The Realist)(United States foreign relations)(Critical...
- Magazine article from: The National Interest Saunders, Paul J. January 1, 2008 700+ words
...clearly the gravest plausible threats the United States faces from abroad--the detonation...terrorist and proliferation problems, the United States must maximize cooperative relationships...Conventions, stating forcefully that the United States will not engage in torture, and ...
- The lonely superpower. (United States foreign relations) (Cover Story)
- Magazine article from: Scholastic Update Sudo, Phil September 3, 1993 700+ words
...start over again and again and again. In its own way, the United States seems to be feeling a similar kind of burden these days...struggle for world supremacy, known as the Cold War. The United States staunchly opposed the Soviets' spread of Communism, a political...
- Restoring America's standing in the world.(United States foreign relations...
- Magazine article from: Sojourners Magazine December 1, 2008 700+ words
...For better or worse, Iraq and Afghanistan, and probably Iran, will certainly continue as center points of U.S. foreign relations. But the rest of the world matters, and the change of administration gives the opportunity to revisit our country's...
- Air kiss.(NEWS BITES)(United States foreign relations)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Sojourners Magazine March 1, 2007 700+ words
...policy. In a recent poll, 79 percent of Americans said that "the U.S. should think in terms of being a good neighbor with other countries because cooperative relationships are ultimately in the best interests of the United States."
- What have we done?(United States foreign relations and the effects of the Iraq...
- Magazine article from: The Nation March 29, 2004 700+ words
...awarding fat contracts to the Administration's friends than to restoring services or creating jobs for Iraqis. Now the United States seems caught in a dilemma--if it makes a rapid exit, it will leave Iraq with increasing civil strife; but the longer...
- Secretary's news conference. (James A. Baker, United States' foreign relations)
- Magazine article from: Department of State Bulletin July 1, 1989 700+ words
...conference at the White House on May 23, 1989. Before our briefing on the summit trip, I'd like to make an announcement. The United States and the Soviet Union have now agreed on the date of June 19th to restart the START [strategic arms reduction talks] negotiations...
- Misguided Morality.(United States' morals and foreign relations)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Business Strategy Heenan, David A. November 1, 1994 700+ words
...sevens. At issue: how to chart the United States' moral compass. Repeatedly, we intervene...missionary, messianic zeal" and warned the United States that it could "find itself all alone...posturing. Many foreigners wonder how the United States can utter its sanctimonious ...
- EXTERNAL RELATIONS NEWS IN BRIEF.(United States foreign relations)
- Newspaper article from: European Report January 26, 2005 700+ words
US President George W Bush will host a working dinner for French President Jacques Chirac on February 21 in Brussels ahead of planned meetings with NATO and EU leaders on February 22, the White House has announced. "It is time to complete the stabilisation process, cement progress so far, and move
Source: HighBeam Research, UN "reform" measure proposed. (Insider Report).