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To: sea_urchin who wrote (21979)	11/25/2004 7:22:48 PM
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Let he who is without sin cast the first stone .... Sorry, no stone throwers -- only sinners here. ipsnews.net >>The 191-member U.N. General Assembly, the largely ignored policy-making body of the United Nations, is threatening to derail a slew of mostly Western European and U.S.-inspired resolutions condemning human rights violations. A key committee of the assembly, which previously refused to take action on resolutions against Belarus and Sudan, took a similar stance Wednesday on another draft resolution, this time on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, signalling what some observers call a backlash against U.S. abuse of the world body and international law. The three rejections will be routinely ratified next week by the General Assembly, which represents the views of the overwhelming majority of the member states. On Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador John Danforth lashed out at U.N. member states, and challenged ''the utility of the General Assembly.'' ''One wonders if there can't be a clear and direct statement on matters of basic principle, why have this building? And what is it all about?'' he asked. The answer came both from U.N. diplomats and U.S. academics, who are blaming the United States for what appears to be a growing revolt at the United Nations on human rights issues. But to Aruri, author of 'Dishonest Broker: The U.S. Role in Israel and Palestine', ''The action by the General Assembly committee highlights a political-cultural divide in a world split between those who insist on the application of the rule of law, peaceful resolution of international disputes and the universality of human rights, on one hand, and those who practise unilateralism, preventive wars and selective standards of human rights, on the other.” ''Claims of divine inspiration, reinforced by expansionist designs and driven by an outdated moral mission, are no longer accepted by a broad segment of a divided world that has grown tired of global autocracy and a reincarnation of old-fashioned imperialism,'' he added. Francis A. Boyle, professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, told IPS, ''Finally, the member states of the U.N. General Assembly are taking a stand against the administration of (U.S. President George W.) Bush and its wanton aggression, war crimes and gross human rights violations all over the world, including here in the United States where they are trying to establish a police state''. <<