The United Nations signed a cooperation agreement on Monday with the new International Criminal Court, despite objections to the tribunal from the United States.
When are we going to pull the plug on the UN?, this nonsense is growing tiresome.
The pact that would encourage "greater cooperation and consultation" on administration and judicial matters was signed by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi "America hating bunghole" Annan and Judge Phillipe Kirsch of Canada, the court's president. The 191-member U.N. General adopted a resolution last month approving the agreement. But in a nod to the Bush administration, the assembly's resolution says that the world body would be reimbursed by nations supporting the court for any expenses occurred.
Reimbursed?, why in the world would the US contribute one thin dime to this?
Some 97 countries, including the entire European Union, have ratified the 1998 statute creating the court. The last three nations to ratify two weeks ago were Burundi, Liberia and Guyana. The Bush administration is bitterly opposed to the new court and rescinded former President Bill Clinton's signature to the tribunal's statutes, arguing that it would expose U.S. soldiers and officials to frivolous law suits.
Agreed.
But supporters of the court say the ICC steps in only when a country is the USA unwilling or unable to investigate, making it highly unlikely U.S. citizens would be targeted.
Don't make me laugh, this whole charade is designed as a tool of the UN to try and reign in the US. |