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The US: Rogue Nation
(Richard DuBoff, Centre for Research on Glabalisation, 22 December 2001)
The following are a few of the 22 items listed in this report:
In December 2001, the United States officially withdrew from the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, gutting the landmark agreement-the first time in the nuclear era that the US renounced a major arms control accord. . . . 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention ratified by 144 nations including the United States. In July 2001 the US walked out of a London conference to discuss a 1994 protocol designed to strengthen the Convention by providing for on-site inspections . . . UN Agreement to Curb the International Flow of Illicit Small Arms, July 2001: the US was the only nation to oppose it. . . . Land Mine Treaty ... The United States refused to sign, along with Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Vietnam, Egypt, and Turkey. . . . Kyoto Protocol of 1997, for controlling global warming: declared "dead" by President Bush in March 2001. . . . Refused to join 123 nations pledged to ban the use and production of anti-personnel bombs and mines, February 2001 . . . September 2001: withdrew from International Conference on Racism, bringing together 163 countries in Durban, South Africa . . . Comprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty. Signed by 164 nations ... The US is one of 13 nonratifiers among countries that have nuclear weapons or nuclear power programs. . . . 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The only countries that have signed but not ratified are the US, Afghanistan, Sao Tome and Principe. . . . Is the status of "we're number one!" Rogue overcome by generous foreign aid to given less fortunate countries? The three best aid providers, measured by the foreign aid percentage of their gross domestic products, are Denmark (1.01%), Norway (0.91%), and the Netherlands (0.79), The three worst: USA (0.10%), UK (0.23%), Australia, Portugal, and Austria (all 0.26).

posted by Lorenzo 11:56 AM