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The term '''Axis of Medieval''' was coined by activists as a parody of the phrase "[[Axis of Evil]]."  Critics of the policies of [[George W. Bush]] use the term, half jokingly, to describe efforts used by the [[United States]] to insert a "[[conservative]]" political agenda into negotiations to draft international treaties for [[humanitarian]] causes.

Political moves seen as encouraging the use of "axis of medieval" have included actions taken in [[2002]] to cut off $34M in funding for the [[United Nations population Fund]], due to concerns that some of the money was used to fund [[abortion]]s. On this issue, the United States became an ally of fundamentalist Islamic regimes in countries such as [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]], united in opposition to the majority of Western countries, who favoured the liberal point of view.
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The phrase has also been used in reference to actions by United States politicians, intended to block moves to raise the minimum age for [[military enlistment]] from 15 to 18 for child soldiers in the [[Convention on the Rights of the Child]], which the United States currently refuses to ratify. 

=== External Links ===
* [http://www.stormpages.com/sammy369/THEpeopleleaders2.html Refers to Axis of Medieval in de funding population project] 
* [http://www.oneworld.net/ips2/jan98/child_soldiers.html US blocking action on child soldiers]
* [http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/reports/amr51_144_2002.pdf Amnesty International report on US execution of child offenders (PDF)]
* [http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/recent/AMR510822002!Open Amnesty International Report after execution of child offender in May 2002]