Congressional representatives who encourage funding of the
United
Nations and reduction of debts owed to the United States by countries who protect tropical forests are praised as “global statesmen” by an organization promoting world government.
The
Campaign for United Nations Reform has rated all House representatives and senators every year since the late 1970s.
CUNR’s goal is to “work to have a Congress that is willing to empower global and international institutions,” said Don Kraus, executive director of the group.
The vision of the campaign is to promote a United Nations that can effectively fulfill its charter, Kraus told WorldNetDaily. Global statesmanship ratings are a tool used by the organization to evaluate which candidates it will support in elections, he said.
Ratings were based on 10 votes for House members and nine votes for Senators — including issues related to a U.S. anti-missile defense program, a nuclear test-ban treaty, payment of U.N. dues and military assistance to foreign nations.
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| Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., received a 100 percent rating from the Campaign for United Nations Reform. |
Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., was given a 100 percent rating, meaning his votes coincided with CUNR’s goals.
“Congressman Farr is pleased to support those policies that underwrite and strengthen the United Nations because that’s the way we’ll get to a peaceful world,” said Rochelle Dornatt, spokeswoman for Farr.
Many of the ratings leaned toward opposite ends of the spectrum with relatively few lawmakers landing on “middle ground.”
Dornatt told WND the numbers could be explained by the nature of the issue.
“There’s not a lot of shades of gray,” she said. “These issues are more cut and dry than other issues.”
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| Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., is a “global statesman,” according to CUNR, which rated lawmakers on their votes promoting the United Nations. |
Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., also received a 100 percent rating.
Rush’s spokeswoman, Robyn Wheeler, said it is “very important for the congressman, as an elected official, [to be] walking in step with his constituents and organizations that are working hard to promote democracy and justice around the world.”
But not everyone agrees that support of the U.N. is in the interest of Americans.
Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif., received a zero percent rating from CUNR for his votes on U.N.- and weapons-related issues.
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| Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif., was given a zero percent rating by the globalist group. |
“Congressman Doolittle’s idea of reform is to eliminate the UN,” said spokesman Richard Robinson. “I’m sure he will wear that zero as a badge of honor.”
The debate over “globalization” — the consolidation of sovereign national governments into one unified world federation — has raged for decades, sparking the creation of multiple global advocacy groups, including CUNR.
Another such group is the
World Federalist Association, whose goals include the creation of a standing United Nations peacekeeping force and further development of a permanent international criminal court.
In Rome on July 17, 1998, 120 nations voted to create such a court to try war crimes — crimes against humanity and genocide. Only seven nations opposed the measure, including Iraq, China, Israel and the United States.
According to the World Federalist Association, the court will be created when 60 nations ratify the “Rome Statute,” which is expected to occur in 2002. The court will have its headquarters in The Hague, with 18 judges and its chief and deputy prosecutors elected by a majority of nations that have ratified the statute. Only nations that have signed and ratified may contribute judges and prosecutors. Eighty-nine nations have now signed the Rome Statute, including all of America’s NATO allies. Five nations have ratified the statute.
The WFA believes “the current system of peacekeeping is an inefficient means of reacting to a problem; it does nothing to prevent crises.”
The group calls for a “standing international military force [to] be integrated into the U.N. system of conflict resolution. This capability would allow the Security Council more effectively to fulfill its mandate to maintain international peace and security and such a credible, effective U.N. force could also serve to deter future crises.”
In direct contrast, however, nationalists such as presidential candidate
Patrick Buchanan believe global government will only lead to endless conflict and tyranny.
In a
speech to the Boston World Affairs Council on Jan. 6, Buchanan described what he believes will be the result of world government.
“The end of sovereignty means endless war. Trampling on the sovereignty of Yugoslavia, President Clinton demanded that the Serbs surrender Kosovo and cede domination of their country to NATO. When Belgrade rejected his ultimatum, Mr. Clinton began 78 days of bombing, using as his casus belli allegations of Serbian genocide against Kosovar Albanians. We now know there was no genocide. We now know it was Clinton’s bombing that spurred the killing. We now know Clinton’s war did not create a ‘multi-ethnic democracy,’ but a vengeful little statelet where Serbs are burned out of their homes for sport.
“If ever sovereignty becomes obsolete, we may expect America’s involvement in endless wars until, one day, we pay the horrific price in some act of cataclysmic terror on our own soil. For interventionism is the spawning pool of international terror.
“If we wish to see the future our globalists have in mind,” Buchanan continued, “we need only look at the superstate rising in Europe. The nations of the European Union have ceased to be sovereign. They have given-up control of their currencies, their budgets, their borders, and are giving-up control of their defense. Britain has been forced to comply with a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights requiring the British army to accept homosexuals. Earlier, the court demanded that Britain end corporal punishment in its schools.”
Buchanan’s sentiments are echoed by other nationalists around the U.S.
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