Tuesday, September 27

UN Resolution41/31

Here is one of the UN resolutions that our government has chosen to ignore by claiming that the International Court of Justice doesn't have jurisdiction over the US. Why didn't the Reagan Administration want to be judged by the international community? The answer is simple, they knew that the actions they undertook amounted to international terrorism.
I became very unpopular with my high school's alumni association in the aftermath of 9/11/'01 when I published a post that quoted Malcom X in saying that the attack was clearly a case of some chickens coming home to roost. A corollary to the Law of Karma says that he who terrorizes shall be terrorized.


'A/RES/41/31
3 November 1986
53rd plenary meeting
Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986
concerning military and paramilitary activities in and against
Nicaragua: need for immediate compliance
The General Assembly,
Having heard the statement made by the Minister for External Relations of the Republic of Nicaragua,
Recalling Security Council resolutions 530 (1983) of 19 May 1983 and 562 (1985) of 10 May 1985,
Aware that, under the Charter of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and that each Member undertakes to comply with the decision of the Court in any case to which it is a party,
Considering that Article 36, paragraph 6, of the Statute of the Court provides that "in the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the decision of the Court",
Taking note of the Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986 in the case of "Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua",
Having considered the events that have taken place in and against Nicaragua since the Judgment was rendered, in particular the continued financing by the United States of America of military and other activities in and against Nicaragua,
Emphasizing the obligation of States, under customary international law, not to intervene in the internal affairs of other States,
1. Urgently calls for full and immediate compliance with the Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986 in the case of "Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua" in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the General Assembly informed on the implementation of this resolution'.
The world is still waiting for its implementation. In light of the Bush League's new-found fondness for enforcing UN Resolutions that have been ignored for way too long, maybe Condi Rice should make it her business to see that we erase just a tiny bit of the hypocrisy in which we wallow by obeying this resolution that has been ignored for 19 years.

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