John Kerry: “What needs to be underscored here is, first, this is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution. It does not mandate or bind us to…”

“What needs to be underscored here is, first, this is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution. It does not mandate or bind us to anything. Second, I ask colleagues to measure what sense of the Senate it expresses. I read directly from the language. "The sense of Congress that the establishment of an international criminal court with jurisdiction over crimes of an international character would greatly strengthen the international rule of law," something for years that we have worked to uphold and to strengthen. No. 2: "Such a Court would thereby serve the interests of the United States and the world community." No. 3: "The United States delegation should make every effort to advance this proposal of the United Nations." That is all. It simply asks for the advancement of the proposal.”