Like the great nations of Barbados, Bhutan, Chad, and the Congo, the United States has ratified neither the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities or its Optional Protocol. The convention was based on General Assembly resolution A/Res/61/106. Locate the meeting record for thisresolution and read the statement made the U. S. delegate. After reading the statement can you hazard a guess asto why the U. S. has yet to ratify this convention? (Make sure to indicate the name of the U. S. delegate in question). 5

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Deven Barnett

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3 March, 22:47

Like the great nations of Barbados, Bhutan, Chad, and the Congo, the United States has ratified neither the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities or its Optional Protocol. The convention was based on General Assembly resolution A/Res/61/106. Locate the meeting record for thisresolution and read the statement made the U. S. delegate. After reading the statement can you hazard a guess asto why the U. S. has yet to ratify this convention? (Make sure to indicate the name of the U. S. delegate in question). 5

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Kane Ramos · Answer 1

The United States delegate was Mr Walter Miller

The perambular (u) which affects Article 11 (Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies) will undermine existing international humanitarian law on situations of armed conflict and lead to legal conflict.