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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18629062
According to the debate, they had their reasons. But still – when one hundred and eighty six nations say one thing, and two say another, you have to wonder about the two.
In the US response to the vote, the argument was essentially “this cannot lead to any substantial change and only serves to reafirm statements already agreed upon previously and notably in the universal declaration of human rights”.
Agree with the assertion or not, or think there’s some other motivation, but that’s the argument being made.
The UN doesn’t vote on single statements. If I have the right document, because there are several times the UN has voted in “everyone has a right to food”, it’s 53 statements.
Isn’t quite the same as the title of the map, which is closer to what’s in the universal declaration of human rights which the US did sign.