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IVI-IPO favors full U.S. monetary support of the United Nations and supports the normalization of relations with Cuba. IVI-IPO favors U.S. participation in the International Criminal Court and the international treaty to ban landmines. IVI-IPO opposes fast-track authority to negotiate trade agreements, and opposes the expansion of NAFTA because it fails to protect workers and the environment in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. IVI-IPO opposes the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act ("NAFTA for Africa") but supports the HOPE for Africa bill (Human rights, Opportunity, Partnership, and Empowerment). IVI-IPO opposes the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and its implementation in any form, in whole or in part, under the World Trade Organization, or separately. IVI-IPO favors self-determination for East Timor and a cutoff of military training, weapons, and spare parts to Indonesia. IVI-IPO opposes military aid to any country not meeting standards for human rights. IVI-IPO favors release of all U.S. documents pertaining to past U.S. involvement in Chile, Guatemala, and Honduras. IVI-IPO opposes funding of the U.S. Army School of the Americas and the National Endowment for Democracy. IVI-IPO opposes most-favored-nation status for trade with China without substantial improvements in human rights. IVI-IPO favors enactment of sanctions against the government of Myanmar (formerly Burma) because of its gross violations of human rights. IVI-IPO favors full support and substantial aid to the democratic government of Haiti. IVI-IPO opposes increased militarization of the "war on drugs." IVI-IPO supports a stringent code of conduct for weapons transfers, barring shipments to countries that abuse human rights. IVI-IPO opposes authorizing any money for "Star Wars" missile defense systems, largely because nearly every test of such systems in the 1990s has failed. IVI-IPO favors expedited agreement on much deeper cuts of nuclear weapons. Pending a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty, IVI-IPO supports continuing the moratorium on nuclear tests. IVI-IPO opposes all "first strike" weapons. IVI-IPO opposes covert military actions. IVI-IPO favors reducing the military budget by 10% each year for five years and favors using the savings for education, social services and other domestic needs.