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United States international negligence
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The United States claims to be a world leader; they are definitely near the lead in doing what they should not, and not doing what they should. Here are some examples of the latter:
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Plundering the rich rather than protecting the weak[edit]
Rwanda genocide, they never arrived. Burundi genocide, same. South Sudan, they still haven't. Bosnia, people were machine-gunned into pits; US never showed. Croatia, they committed no ground troops.
International agreements that the United States has not ratified or has withdrawn from[edit]
The United States is often criticized by nationals of participant countries for not taking part in the following agreements:
- The Wikipedia:Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide came into effect in 1951. Of the nations that have ratified this treaty, ten have done so with the proviso of immunity from compulsory prosecution for genocide. These countries include the U.S. and Wikipedia:India.
- The Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam at the Geneva Conference of 1954 (WP).[1] This is used as misdirection by the US, turning it into an excuse for sending troops into Viet Nam, in violation of that agreement. Abstaining from an agreement to not warmonger does not allow you to warmonger, and is itself irresponsible.
- The Convention on the Elimination of All Discrimination Against Women (Wikipedia:CEDAW) (which was adopted in 1979 and came into force in 1981) is often described as an international bill of rights for women. It defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination. The United States is the only developed nation that has not ratified it.
- The Wikipedia:International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (adopted in 1966; came into effect in 1976) is a multilateral treaty which commits its signatories to enact, expand, and respect protections for labor rights, the right to healthcare, the right to education, and the right to an adequate standard of living. The United States signed the Covenant in 1979, but has not ratified it, and is therefore not bound by its conditions.
- The Wikipedia:Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. Only Wikipedia:Somalia and the U.S. have not ratified it.
- The Wikipedia:Ottawa Treaty (binding as of 1999) bans completely all anti-personnel landmines. Forty nations have not ratified this treaty, including Wikipedia:China, Wikipedia:Cuba, Wikipedia:Finland, Wikipedia:India, Wikipedia:Iran, Wikipedia:Iraq, Wikipedia:Israel, Wikipedia:Russia, and the United States.
- The U.S. ratified and later withdrew from Wikipedia:Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002. This was a treaty between the United States of America and the Wikipedia:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered Wikipedia:nuclear weapons.
- The Wikipedia:International Criminal Court (2002) was established as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for Wikipedia:genocide, Wikipedia:crimes against humanity, and Wikipedia:war crimes, as defined by several international agreements. Notable refusals of compulsory ICC jurisdiction include the U.S., Wikipedia:Israel, and Wikipedia:China.
- The Wikipedia:Kyoto Protocol (entered into force in 2005) is an international treaty on Wikipedia:climate change. Countries which ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases, or engage in Wikipedia:emissions trading if they maintain or increase emissions of these gases. The U.S. signed the treaty but has not ratified it; Wikipedia:Australia signed it in 2007. The Wikipedia:U.S and Wikipedia:Kazakhstan are the only two developed countries in the world to have not signed it.; Wikipedia:India and many other less industrialized nations have ratified the treaty but are exempt from it.
