All Proliferation Security Initiative partners are already partner to UNCLOS except the United States

The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), announced by President Bush on May 31, 2003, is an international effort promoting the global interdiction of shipments of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems worldwide.²⁵ On September 4, 2003, the eleven participating nations released a statement in Paris outlining PSI's initiatives.²⁶ The aim of PSI is to create an enhanced approach to preventing proliferation of WMD.²⁷ In order to ensure congruence with other bodies of law, PSI specifically states that it will be implemented as is consistent with national law and international law.²⁸ All of the PSI partners, with the exception of the United States, are already parties to UNCLOS.29Schachte, William L and John Norton Moore. "The Senate should give immediate advice and consent to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: why the critics are wrong.." Journal of International Affairs. Vol. 59, No. 1 (Fall/Winter 2005) [ More (18 quotes) ] This fact demonstrates that state national security interests under the PSI are not put in jeopardy by becoming a party to UNCLOS. Indeed, John Bolton, former United States ambassador to the United Nations, argued that UNCLOS will not impede the goals of the PSI in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, stating: "Ifthe Senate were to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty and the president were to make the treaty [...] it would not have any negative impact whatsoever on PSI."³⁰