Covenants, not governance

Covenants, not governance

Interviews in Indonesian translated into English over the
telephone make bad copy. The fault is mine.

With reference to Discourse (page one, Aug. 9) what I actually
said was that two international covenants (not governance), the
one on Civil and Political Rights, the other on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights reached in 1966, should be the framework for
any discussion of human rights. The five dimensions must be
inter-related, indivisible and balanced in their application.

Also, the United States has a US$7.2 trillion economy in GDP,
not in budgetary terms.

JUWONO SUDARSONO

Jakarta