30 March 2003

coalition of human rights
See Human Rights among the Coalition of the Willing. After yesterday's Solomon Islands fiasco and the disavowals by the Czech Republic and Hungary. I plan on going through this list myself to exclude nations whose governments deny they are members. I guess when Bush dictates the CoW Charter it will include rules like: 'You are a member if the White House says so unless and until your government says otherwise.'

According to this morning's Melbourne Age the kingdom of Tonga has now joined the CoW. I understand the Iraqi high command are quaking in their boots. Meanwhile non-CoW nations whose UN diplomats once accidentally bumped a US deputy assistant under secretary of state in the Security Council foyer are rushing to ensure that they are not listed.

update
The White House list can be found here. Note that the Czech Republic, Hungary and the Solomons are still there on 27 March despite disavowals dated 25 March.

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