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US boycotts international justice meeting at UN

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The US is boycotting a meeting on the subject of international justice at the UN.

It says the meeting is a bid by Serbia to divert attention from its role in the Balkans wars.

Al Jazeera's diplomatic editor, James Bays, reports from the UN
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US boycotts international justice meeting at UN - YouTube

:doh Embarrassing. Embarrassing for justice and the world community.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
[/FONT][/COLOR]US boycotts international justice meeting at UN - YouTube

:doh Embarrassing. Embarrassing for justice and the world community.
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We're not exactly alone, and you aren't giving any context. Did you even read or watch anything beyond what you quoted? Doesn't seem that way.

European and other Western countries have said that the session on international justice was a thinly veiled attack on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which Serbia has criticized.

Erin Pelton, spokeswoman for the U.S. mission to the United Nations, said, "The United States strongly disagrees with the decision of the president of the General Assembly to hold an unbalanced, inflammatory thematic debate today on the role of international criminal justice in reconciliation and will not participate."

Jordan and Canada joined the United States in boycotting the debate, while EU countries only sent low-ranking diplomats or officials to the gathering.
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http://www.rferl.org/content/us-boycott-un-serbia/24953950.html

Just because it has "justice" in the title, it doesn't mean it's all roses and sunshine.
 
Harshaw said:
We're not exactly alone, and you aren't giving any context. Did you even read or watch anything beyond what you quoted? Doesn't seem that way.
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Did i single out the US? No hence i said: "embarrassing for justice and the world community."
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Did i single out the US? No hence i said: "embarrassing for justice and the world community."
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You mentioined only the US in your post, so yeah, indeed, you did. As I said, I don't think you knew anything about it other than the little you quoted.
 
Harshaw said:
You mentioined only the US in your post, so yeah, indeed, you did. As I said, I don't think you knew anything about it other than the little you quoted.
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No i did not once again hence i said:"Embarrassing for justice and the world community"
 
As we all know the UN is so effective in solving "world" issues,:mrgreen: its no big deal for the US not to attend.
 
What the US should have boycotted was the UN disarmament treaty.
 
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