Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 13:25:38 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <200205051725.NAA21321@mattababy.mit.edu>
From: belmonte@mit.edu (Matthew Belmonte)
To: president@whitehouse.gov
Subject: support the International Criminal Court

I was disappointed to learn of your administration's plan to notify the
United Nations this coming week that the United States is renouncing formal
involvement in the International Criminal Court.  This move continues the
United States' poor record on recognition of international law, and brings to
mind the events in Nicaragua during 1986, when the United States ignored the
World Court's order to end its unlawful intervention in Nicaragua and to pay
reparations.

This past fall, we all witnessed the degree of hatred for the United States
that can be engendered by the United States' continued pursuit of unilateralist
policies.  The world - including the United States - will be better off when
such unilateralism is abandoned in favour of participation in, and cooperation
with, the international community.

Again, I urge you to reconsider the United States' abandonment of the
International Criminal Court.

Matthew Belmonte