This is from a live chat Q&A on WaPo today
Tulsa, Okla.: Sen. Biden, The United States has signed, but not ratified many international treaties, including the International Criminal Court treaty, the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, the U.N. Convention on the Rights of a Child, the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Kyoto Protocol and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban treaty. Which international treaties, if any, would you support and urge the Senate to ratify?
Sen. Joe Biden: I strongly support the Convention on the Rights of a Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
At one time or another, as Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, I pushed for their ratification. As a matter of fact, it is my expectation that by the end of this month, we finally will have the votes to report out the Convention on the Law of the Sea.
With regard to the Kyoto Treaty, it is critical we re-engage the world and reclaim America's position as a leader in our climate change talks. As a matter of fact, I -- along with Sen. Lugar -- have been pushing the president to re-institute these negotiations. The very survival of the planet depends upon it.
And by the way, it's shameful that we have been unable to ratify, as more than 60 other nations have, the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. In the meantime, as the author of the Violence Against Women Act, I have introduced an International Violence Against Women Act to combat and discourage any abuse against women in the world
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