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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (139164)	2/12/2002 5:07:54 PM
From: craig crawford	Respond to of 164684

Final court of appeal? Exclusive: Mary Jo Anderson exposes U.N. power-grab as major bid to force global governance on U.S., world wnd.com Two news stories from Europe two weeks ago ought to tilt Americans upright in their chairs. The reports strip away any illusions that remain about the growing threat of global interventionism by the United Nations. The first report is an Agence France story on the displeasure of the Council of Europe over the supposed ill-treatment of Afghani terrorist detainees, guests of the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Council of Europe, with a membership of 43 nations, denounced the U.S. plan to establish military courts with the power to impose the death penalty. The Council of Europe prefers that "acceptable conditions of arrest, detention and judgment" be "guaranteed by the U.N.'s International Criminal Court system." European bureaucrats would make American interests and self-defense subject to the United Nations. ............................................................................................................................. The real drama is that the United Nations saw an opportunity to flex its influence over a sovereign nation's domestic affairs. The U.N.'s "special rapporteur" designated to oversee the independence of judges, Param Cumaraswamy, warned the Italians on Wednesday that the government may befoul "the rule of law" if it blocks prosecution of the prime minister. Cumaraswamy announced that he plans to travel to Italy to investigate the circumstances. The rapporteur hopes to resolve the "crisis." What crisis? In a world grappling with terrorism, Russian weapons exports to China, AIDS, and biowarfare, where in the hierarchy of crises does Italian political infighting (as practiced for years) rank? The answer is, close to the top for world federalists – those champions of global governance. For the United Nations, Italy's internal froth is a grand opportunity to establish a new world governing principle: The United Nations is the earth's last court of appeal, the final arbiter of who is or is not abiding by "the rule of law." It is no secret that the U.N. is positioning itself as the hub of global governance. Consider the infrastructure under construction within the United Nations.