Word: robinsons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Robinson has been forced to change her approach to international diplomacy...
...Robinson, who had a "lack of familiarity with diplomatic niceties" according to one European U.N. delegate quoted in the Irish Times, has had to tone down her criticism of individual countries' human rights situations...
...Robinson has criticized the Chinese government for incidents of random detention and torture, and would like to visit Tibet in her upcoming trip to China in September. China invaded the territory in 1950 and has kept it under a tight grip since a 1959 rebellion...
...Robinson also has not shied from criticizing the United States. She joined the Pope in pleading for clemency for Karla Faye Tucker, a convicted murderer who was executed in Texas in February...
Rubenstine cautions that while Robinson's reputation and personal credibility may help her force human rights onto the U.N. agenda, he doesn't know "how much to expect from her" given the U.N.'s institutional disposition toward realpolitik...