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...Various nations?? progress in the last decade will be measured against the “Convention for the Rights of the Child,” produced at the 1990 World Summit for Children. Of the 193 member states, only the United States and Somalia have yet to sign this covenant to guarantee “the best possible start in life for all children, a good-quality basic education for all children [and] opportunities for all children, especially adolescents, for meaningful participation in their communities...
...about time that we embrace accountability. We need to stop standing back, simply pointing out the human rights violations against other nations?? children, and be proactive members of the international human rights community. America should be present at the United Nations meeting later this month, while beginning to prioritize her nations?? children...
This disparity is particularly apparent with respect to China. Part of the problem lies in the American media’s selection of news to report: persecution of scholars, jailings of Falungong members, visits by Jiang Zemin’s to American-termed “rogue nations?? such as North Korea and blocked internet sites and propaganda in state-sponsored newspapers...
...missile defense system. All other foreign policy concerns have been subordinated to this single goal, without regard for its steep diplomatic and economic costs. America’s national security rests on a myriad of supports—including the confidence of our allies and the trust of other nations??and cannot be secured solely by an extravagant and unworkable missile shield...
...Because of this resentment—some of it justified, some of it inevitable—America must make an extra effort to reach out and engage other nations, other peoples, in decisions that affect the world. We can never put other nations?? interests wholly above our own, but we can realize that other nations?? priorities and attitudes do and will affect us. We must be more active in international institutions like the UN, but we must not demand full control as our price for participation...