Evidence: Alphabetical
- Seabed mineral deposits could hold more than 110 million tons of rare earth minerals
- Several countries including China and Japan are lobbying for permanent observer status at the Arctic Council
- Senate refusal to ratify UNCLOS has frozen U.S. out of negotiations over Arctic territory
- Signing on to international agreements is an exercise of U.S. sovereignty, not an abrogation
- Simply not the case that U.S. military would be subject to U.N. jurisdiction under UNCLOS
- Sovereignty costs of external dispute resolution in UNCLOS less ornnerous than provisions U.S. has already accepted
- Should not depend on customary international law to protect U.S. interests
- Syria and Cuba both reworked their maritime law following model set by UNCLOS
- Still an open question as to whether or not deep seabed mining will ever be economically viable
- Successive commissions have argued strongly for US ratification of UNCLOS
- Strong bipartisan consensus in favor of U.S. ratifying UNCLOS
- Simply asserting customary international law will not accrue all benefits of the convention
- Somalia had to waive UNCLOS sovereignty to allow international assistance against pirates
- Submarine cables are critical global infrastructure that form the backbone of global information economy
- Should not trust UN won't try to extend the already extraordinary authority it is given by UNCLOS regime
- Socialists may have been involved in UNCLOS negotiations but they lost on every point with UNCLOS reaffirming state sovereignty
- Stability of UNCLOS regime preferrable to alternative of customary international law
- Seabed mining companies will only lose rights if US remains outside of UNCLOS
- Structure and effect of UNCLOS currently being developed by state practice and negotiations with the US as a bystander
- Significant consequences to US for not embracing third party dispute settlement within UNCLOS
- Should apply lessons learned during UNCLOS negotiations over exploiting seabed to outer space
- Should recognize that U.S. will be bigger target for ITLOS because of its status as the sole global naval superpower
- Seat on CLCS council valuable in that it allows US to take part in discussions and engage other participants
- Should not overstate the impact that US will be able to have with a full seat on CLCS
- State Department legal team analyzed Law of the Sea treaty and found there was nothing in treaty that would force U.S. policy on climate change
- Sovereignty argument against UNCLOS is a red herring since the U.S. already abides by agreement in practice
- Seabed mining can have a significant impact on fragile ecosystems
- Social conservatives should oppose UNCLOS because it supports corrupt United Nations
- Strong public support in favor of ratifying UNCLOS specifically and U.N. approach generally
- State interpretations of military activities clause vary
- Southern countries are pursuing biodiversity strategy modelled off of the lessons learned from UNCLOS
- Should not downplay the widespread noncompliance with UNCLOS
- Success and expansion of Proliferation Security Initiative dependent on U.S. ratification of UNCLOS
- States will be less likely to challenge U.S. with excessive claims when it is backed by its ratification of UNCLOS
- States pushing excessive claims against the U.S. because of its non-party status, accession would help U.S. counter these
- Serious consequences for U.S. by remaining outside the treaty