Word: complaintant
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United Nations Security Council against a complaint by Nicaragua's Sandinista government about the mining and other U.S.-financed contra activities, then declaring last week that the U.S. will not accept the jurisdiction of the World Court on protests filed by Nicaragua...
...jurisdiction over their international dealings; generally they recognize the court's authority only when it suits their purposes. The U.S. recognized the court's "compulsory jurisdiction" in 1946, but Congress reserved the right to reject the court's participation in cases involving "domestic" issues. The Nicaraguan complaint, the Administration argued, fell within this capacious category...
Well, sophomore Jill Vialet had a huge complaint...
Aside from her specific complaint, how ever. Vialet was all smiles...
...foreign policy with 535 voices hollering in the background," complained a senior White House official, echoing Reagan's complaint. It seems the President has forgotten that he was one of these voices of dissent only four years ago. And, more importantly, the statement illustrates two problematic elements in the Reagan world view. First, foreign policy should not be "run"; rather, it must be formulated with consideration to various perspectives, national and global, and to long term implications. Furthermore, in a democracy, foreign policy formulation must occur against a backdrop of opinion from a minimum of 535 people and, ideally, with...