November 22, 2005

Explanation of Vote by the United States on the Draft Resolution on the Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons

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The United States made a statement in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee in which it took strong exception to the references in the resolution to the International Criminal Court (ICC). It was particularly concerned that the resolution quoted selectively from the ICC statute and in so doing misrepresented international law. And yet the US joined consensus in adopting the resolution after claiming its participation was subject to these "understandings." Those understandings will never be reproduced on any UN site, while the resolution itself will be paraded around the world.