"U.S. IMPERIALISM COULD, IN SUBSTANCE, REALIZE EVERYTHING SOUGHT BY HITLER WITHOUT NEEDING TO BREAK WITH DEMOCRACY FORMALLY"
George Lukacs
EL IV REICH, IV:
LOS VOTOS DEL "AMERICAN DREAM"
VERSUS LAS ESPERANZAS HUMANAS.
EN LA O.N.U.
Date Resolution Num. Yes-No Vote
1978
Dec. 15 33/75 119-2 (US, Israel)
Urges the Security Council, especially its permanent members, to take all necessary measures for insuring UN decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security
Dec. 18 33/110 110-2 (US, Israel)
Living conditions of the Palestinian people
Dec. 18 33/113C 97-3 (US, Israel, Guatemala)
Condemnation of Israeli human rights record in occupied territories
Dec. 19 33/136 119-1 (US)
Calls upon developed countries to increase quantity and quality of development assistance to underdeveloped countries
1979
Jan. 24 33/183M 114-3 (US, France, UK)
To end all military and nuclear collaboration with apartheid South
Africa
Jan. 29 33/196 111-1 (US)
Protectionism of developing countries' exports
Nov. 23 34/46 136-1 (US)
Alternate approaches within the UN system for improving the
enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms
Nov. 23 34/52E 121-3 (US, Israel, Australia)
Return of inhabitants expelled by Israel
Dec. 11 34/83J 120-3 (US, UK, France)
Negotiations on disarmament and cessation of nuclear arms race
Dec. 12 34/931 134-3 (US, UK, France)
Assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement
Dec. 14 34/100 104-2 (US, Israel)
Against support for intervention in the internal or external affairs of states
Dec. 14 34/133 112-3 (US, Israel, Canada)Assistance to Palestinian people
Dec. 14 34/136 118-2 (US, Israel)
Sovereignty over national resources in occupied Arab territories
Dec. 17 34/158 121-2 (US, Israel)
Prepare and carry out the UN Conference on Women
Dec. 19 34/199 112-1 (US)
Safeguarding rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations
1980
Dec. 5 35/57 134-1 (US)
Establishment of a New International Economic Order to promote
the growth of underdeveloped countries and international economic cooperation
Dec. 11 35/119 134-3 (US, UK, France)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Dec. 12 35/145A 111-2 (US, UK)
CESAR TODAS LAS EXPLOSIONES NUCLEARES
Dec. 12 35/154 110-2 (US, Albania)
Declaration of non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states
Dec. 15 35/174 120-1 (US)
Emphasizing that the development of nations and individuals is a
human right
Dec. 16 35/206J 137-3 (US, UK, France)
Assistance to oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement
1981
Nov. 9 36/18 123-1 (US)
To promote co-operative movements in developing countries (agricultural, savings and credits, housing, consumer protection, social services, etc.)
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Nov. 9 36/19 126-1 (US)
The right of every state to choose its economic and social system in accord with the will of its people, without outside interference in whatever form it takes
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Nov. 13 36/27 109-2 (US, Israel)
Condemns Israel for its bombing of an Iraqi nuclear installation
Dec. 1 36/68 133-3 (US, UK, Guatemala)
Condemns activities of foreign economic interests in colonial territories
Dec. 9 36/84 118-2 (US, UK)
Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons
Dec. 9 36/87B 107-2 (US, Israel)
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon free zone in the Middle East
Dec. 9 36/92J 78-3 (US, Canada, Brazil)
World-wide action for collecting signatures in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, curb the arms race and promote disarmament
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Dec. 9 36/96B 109-1(US)
Urges negotiations on prohibition of chemical and biological weapons
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Dec. 9 36/98 101-2 (US, Israel)
Demands Israelis renounce possession of nuclear weapons
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Dec. 14 36/133 135-1 (US)
Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc. are human rights
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Dec. 16 36/149B 147-2 (US, Israel)
Calls for the establishment of a new and more just world information
1982
Oct. 28 37/7 111-1 (US)
World Charter for protection of the Ecology
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Dec. 9 37/83 138-1 (US)
Prevention of arms race in outer space
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Dec. 10 37/94B 131-1 (US)
Support of UNESCO's efforts to promote a new world information and communications order
Dec. 13 37/98A 95-1 (US)
Necessity of a convention on the prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons
Dec. 16 37/103 113-1 (US) !!!!!!!
Development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new economic order
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Dec. 18 37/199 131-1 (US)
Declares that education, work,health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc., are human rights
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Food is not a human right
As noted above, in 1982 and 1983, the US was alone in voting against a declaration that education, work, health care, proper nourishment and national development are human rights.
It would appear that even 13 years later, official American attitudes had not "softened".
In 1996, at a United Nations-sponsored World Food Summit, the US took issue with an affirmation by the summit of the "right of everyone to have access to safe and nutritious food". The United States insisted that it does not recognize a "right to food". Washington instead championed free trade as the key to ending the poverty at the root of hunger, and expressed fears that recognition of a "right to food" could lead to lawsuits from poor nations seeking aid and special trade provisions.
Para cerrar estas lineas nos viene a la memoria el discurso de Ernesto Che Guevara, en 1964, en la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. Recordando sus palabras sera la mejor manera de llegar a este final:
"Los Estados Unidos se han convertido en el enemigo de la humanidad".
Segun sus votos en las Naciones Unidas es la verdad