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Kaminsky, a longtime Republican insider who has served a number of administrations, is associated with the hawkish Center for Security Policy and Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.
Kaminsky is one of several hardliners who were appointed by George W. Bush to serve on the U.S. Delegation to the U.N. Human Rights Commission. Many of these Bush appointees have used their position to repeatedly lambaste the commission. One member, Mark Falcoff, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, has called for the United States to "walk away from the commission." (7)
In a March 31, 2003 presentation before the commission, Kaminsky accused the UN body of contributing "to the sum total of hate in the world." She said: "The United States has listened carefully to this debate. The actions of this Commission, which cast all blame on Israel for the situation are not balanced, fair, or helpful to the cause of peace. We also continue to see as unbalanced the Commission's devoting an agenda item solely to the situation in the Occupied Territories when other human rights violations do not receive the same attention. Another imbalance is the Commission's appointment of a Special Rapporteur with an open-ended mandate to report on Israeli government actions in the Occupied Territories. ... Based upon the tenor of the discussion so far, the U.S. does not judge that the actions of this Commission can contribute to improving the situation in the Occupied Territories. Indeed, the Commission's lack of balance weakens its own credibility, undermines progress toward peace, and contributes to the sum total of hate in the world." (6)
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Institutional
Affiliations
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA): Member, Board of Advisers (3)
Center for Security Policy (CSP): Member, National Security Advisory Council (4)
International Republican Institute: Former Board Member (3)
International Women's Forum: Former Member (3)
Government
Posts/Panels/Commissions
U.S. Commission for The Preservation of America's Heritage: Commissioner, appointed in 1996, reappointed in 2002 (2)
U.S. Delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission: Delegate, 2003 (1)
National Defense University: Board of Visitors, appointed 2002 (3)
U.N. Information Center: Director, 1983-1998 (3)
National Security Council: Staffer, 1981 (3)
U.S. Air Force Academy: Presidential Appointee to the Board of Visitors, 1989-1992 (3)
Corporate
Connections/Business Interests
Vedior NV (Amsterdam): Member, Supervisory Board (5)
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