Dear Chair, Councilors, <div><br></div><div>My saturday morning starts with a finding on Rec6 :-) If the following was discussed before or the argument is misleading then I apologize. I am not an International treaty / law expert BTW. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I came across the "Convention on the Rights of the Child" and "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women " </span>for other issues. In the Rec6 report there's full consensus support to add relevant international treaties as examples.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Now, the question comes to -- how these international treaties are accountable in jurisdiction of each country / territory. Here's a very preliminary survey: </div><div><br></div><div>-- Rights of the Child <a href="http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm">http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm</a>: signed and ratified by 192 UN Member States. U.S. signed but not ratified by the Congress.</div>
<div>-- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; ">Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_All_Forms_of_Discrimination_Against_Women">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_All_Forms_of_Discrimination_Against_Women</a>: not ratified in U.S.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; ">-- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; ">International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights</a>: not ratified in U.S. </span></div>
<div><br></div><div>Of course, Kyoto Protocol (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kyoto_Protocol_signatories">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kyoto_Protocol_signatories</a>) and Convention of Cluster Munitions (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Cluster_Munitions">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Cluster_Munitions</a>) are another two interesting facts.</div>
<div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">On the Rec6 we see:</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'LiHei Pro'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2.5 </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If individual governments have objections based on contradiction with specific national laws, such objections may be submitted through the Community Objections procedure using the standards outlined in AGv4.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri"><span style="font: 12.0px 'LiHei Pro'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3.3 </font></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">National law not based on international principles should not be a valid ground for an objection.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This could lead to several scenario:</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-- Board may end of making invalid decision if referring to International treaty / law. </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-- Gov't representative in GAC may or may not fully aware of or have expertise in relevant International treaty / law</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-- Perspective government may NOT ratify / recognize the approved "Limited Public Interest"</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-- Having perspective government to rafity / recognize the approvied "Limited Public Internet" would fall into lengthy </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">bureaucratic process</span></p>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If my observation is somehow correct, then in Brussels we could only witness an open-end discussion. I understand that it is not, but alike, the process of forming a new International treaty. </span></font></p>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Let me stop here and please feel free to comment.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri">
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Regards,</span></font></p>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ching</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></p>
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<br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri"><br></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div>Ching CHIAO</div><div>Vice President, DotAsia Organisation LTD.</div><div>Chair, Asia Pacific Networking Group</div>
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