Mr. Fox (United States of America), speaking in explanation of vote before the voting, said that he had no desire to go yet again into the reasons why his delegation was opposed to the Rome Statute. The United States of America was not seeking to undermine the International Criminal Court.  Respecting as it did the right of every country to become a party to the Statute, it was entitled to expect that its own decision would be respected as well.
M. Fox (États-Unis d'Amérique), expliquant son vote avant le vote, sans souhaiter revenir sur les raisons pour lesquelles son pays est opposé au Statut de Rome, réaffirme que les États-Unis ne cherchent nullement à saper la Cour pénale internationale et que s'ils respectent le droit de chaque pays à devenir partie audit Statut, leur propre décision doit également être respectée.