http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1224/p09s02-coop.html
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Three quarters of the world's countries have signed an international agreement to ban antipersonnel landmines. The Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty – to never again use, produce, acquire, or export these so-called "hidden killers" of civilians – reached its 10th anniversary this month. But the United States is still not a signatory. Unfortunately this "just say no" approach to international treaties has become a pattern for the US, especially under the Bush administration. This trend must change. The president's successor should make it a high priority for the US to rejoin the world and reassume the country's role as a globally respected leader.
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Very interesting read, a valid observation that I had never really noticed before.
I have no problem with the US refusing to sign global treaties that it doesn't agree with but the article points to the UN convention to protect the rights of the disabled, modeled after the Americans with disabilities act. If we agree with a treaty, then why wouldn't we sign it?
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