In 2014, the Australian government supported a resolution of the UN Human Rights Council calling on countries to adopt NAPs as a vehicle for implementing the guiding principles.
That should not be seen as a threat by countries that support a resolution of the conflict in accordance with international law and a two-states solution, but it will require a "reset" of the policies of the last 10 years.
The party also indirectly endorses Mr Putin's populist authoritarianism: Thus the Syriza deputies in the European Parliament abstained in the vote supporting a resolution condemning the closing of the Russian human rights NGO Memorial.
In this week's security council debate on the resolution, deputy US ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo used theological nicety to explain Washington's difficulty in supporting a resolution that, on the face of it, reflects US official policy.
In all the focus on the December 23rd vote at the UN Security Council, when 14 nations supported a resolution critical of Israel and the U.S. broke with longstanding policy and abstained rather than opposed it, the question of underlying Palestinian motives and behavior was not addressed.
Bruce was also outspoken in support of deportation for illegal immigrants, and went against his normal practice of refusing to support ceremonial resolutions to support a resolution in favor of the creation of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in El Paso County.
Last month, 14 of the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council supported a resolution condemning the construction of Israeli settlements in occupied territory as illegal, and demanded that it be halted.
A1 Bush Critics Back Use of Force Senators John Kerry and Chuck Hagel, both Vietnam veterans and among the most outspoken critics of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, said they would support a resolution authorizing the use of force.
Perhaps at the next UN General Assembly, the United States could support a resolution proposing the preparation of a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg made it clear yesterday that he did not support a resolution proposed by a member of the City Council to evict the Palestinian Authority from New York City.
