Senator Moynihan and the World Court Nicaragua took America’s mining of its harbors to the World Court

NICARAGUA / C. DICKERMAN WILLIAMS

The United States’ withdrawal for two years from the jurisdiction of the World Court in matters relating to Central America has caused a furor among, notably, such experts in international law as Senator Moynihan. In a commencement address at Syracuse University, Senator Moynihan accused Allan Gerson, legal advisor to Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, of ignorance not merely of the law, but of the “history of our country,” on the basis of an Op-Ed article by Mr. Gerson published in the New York Times. Senator Moynihan added that the United States has acted throughout with “ineptitude and arrogance.”

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NICARAGUA / C. DICKERMAN WILLIAMS

The United States’ withdrawal for two years from the jurisdiction of the World Court in matters relating to Central America has caused a furor among, notably, such experts in international law as Senator Moynihan. In a commencement address at Syracuse University, Senator Moynihan accused Allan Gerson, legal advisor to Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, of ignorance not merely of the law, but of the “history of our country,” on the basis of an Op-Ed article by Mr. Gerson published in the New York Times. Senator Moynihan added that the United States has acted throughout with “ineptitude and arrogance.”