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The Global Citizen: UN Dispatch
Last night I had the pleasure of participation in a presentation at the Council on Foreign Relations given by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. As conveyors' of the Washington Working Group on the ICC we had helped him set up a few meetings on the Hill. Our Program Coordinator, Abby Long helped out tremendously in this effort.
My friend Mark Goldberg at the UN Dispatch wrote an excellent piece on Ocampo's key points.
I want to emphasize two points that Mark mentioned and one that he didn't:
First, the true relevance of the Court is its global impact. Ocampo said that:
Mark Goldberg and I had a funny conversation this morning about Ollie North's rant on the Law of the Sea over at Human Events. I won't be responding to every ridiculous opposing argument (that would take up far too much time), just the ones that strike the funny bone with special force.
I just got a fascinating note in my inbox from Mark Goldberg, who writes regularly for UN Dispatch and the American Prospect. Since he's not planning on writing this up himself, I'm going to post his note in full. It's worth a read.
Also, I hope my two posts today don't discourage readers from scrolling down to see what James Wolfensohn wrote this morning or the announcement of Sameer Lalwani as our third partner in crime here at TWN. Welcome, Sameer!
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