Patrick Buchanan, the Radical Party candidate, also did not respond to the 4 July 1999 letter. His policies appear not to understand human rights. For him human rights are only less government and less government action. His understanding of the government responsibilities is that the government should essentially do nothing and that things will straighten themselves out by themselves in a free market.
Write Pat Buchanan yourself!
You don't believe me that the next President of the United States is ignorant about human rights? Well write them yourself and find out. Her are the candidates addresses...and a drfat letter follows as a guide if you think you need help.
The Honorable Pat Buchanan P.O. Box 2000 Dunn Loring, VA 22027
Tel: 703-734-2700 E-mail: hq@gopatgo2000.org
Model Letter
Dear Mr. {candidate},
As a concerned voter, I am writing to you as a candidate for our nation's highest office to enquire about your policies concerning human rights. br> Please inform me of the following:
1. Will you press the Congress to ratify human rights treaties? And if so, which ones? 2. Do you view the United States government as bound to the international legal obligations it has undertaken by ratifying international human rights treaties?
3. Will you pledge to respect and obey all decisions by international human rights bodies concerning human rights in the United States of America?
4. Will you take steps to ensure that the United States brings all of its laws in to accordance with its international human rights obligations?
5. Will you agree to take action against all other countries that violate international human rights law regardless of whether they are friendly or unfriendly, important trading partners or not?
6. Will you, if elected, publicly profess your respect for human rights and constantly speak out in defense of human rights while you are president?
7. Will you ensure that the United States ratifies the Convention on the Rights of the Child during your tenure?
These questions are vitally important for me in deciding for whom to vote in the November 2000 election, Please provide me your answers to these questions as soon as possible.
