And he reaffirmed commitment to a missile defense shield.
The order will also underscore the administration's commitment to a missile defense.
In their petition, the professors, Bruce Ackerman, Peter Brooks and Robert Shulman, wrote: "None of his first actions as president merits such distinction -- not his repudiation of the Kyoto Accords, nor his commitment to a missile defense system, nor his advocacy of a massive tax cut largely benefiting the wealthy".
The defection, first reported in the Taiwanese press, occurs as the Bush administration is broadly reassessing its policy toward China, especially on strategic issues like how Mr. Bush's commitment to a missile-defense program would affect relations.
Mr. Bush's commitment to a missile-defense system for the United States is going to be among the most controversial goals of his presidency, presaging fierce disputes with Russia, China and Europe, and probably involving the abrogation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972.
Mr. Bush's relative inexperience in foreign affairs and his commitment to a sizable missile defense system has provoked concern in European capitals.
During the trip, the Russian foreign minister, Igor S. Ivanov, pointed out that in his address to Congress this week, President Bush referred to his commitment to build a "missile defense," without actually using the term "national missile defense".
THE Bush administration's commitment to building a missile defense system has quickly reanimated the debate over whether it is advisable -- or even possible -- to reliably swat incoming warheads from the skies like so many pesky mosquitoes.
He made it clear, however, that he did not intend to back away from his commitment to build a missile defense, even though it is one of the most contentious issues between the United States and Russia today.
In the evening of March 18th Mr Biden met Estonia's president before heading to Vilnius to meet the presidents of Lithuania and Latvia.In January Mr Hagel had emphasised that America would continue to bolster military cooperation with Poland, reiterating Washington's commitment to building a missile defence shield system in Poland by 2018.
Stoltenberg said the five resolutions "call for North Korea to suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile" programme, to "re-establish its pre-existing commitments to a moratorium on missile launching and not to conduct any further nuclear test or any launch using ballistic missile technology".
