Evidence: Alphabetical
- U.S. Commission on Oceans Policy unanimously advocated for ratification of UNCLOS after extensive study
- U.S. needs to ratify UNCLOS to take full advantage of resources along its extended shelf
- U.S. interests in protecting marine environment would be furthered by being a party to UNCLOS
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS would in no way allow U.N. to levy taxes
- UNCLOS has become a significant milestone in the development of international law
- U.S. freedom of navigation program complemented by international agreements like UNCLOS
- U.S. navy recognizes value of cooperative, multilateral approach exemplified by UNCLOS
- UNCLOS protects freedom of navigation rights but China and Iran are using U.S. non-party status to modify these rights to their advantage
- U.S. non-party status to UNCLOS is impairing its ability to conduct maritime interdiction operations to combat drug trafficking
- U.S. needs to ratify UNCLOS to guide CLCS rules or guidelines regarding methane hydrates
- U.S. failure to ratify UNCLOS could adversely affect interests of oil and gas industry overseas
- U.S. is not sacrificing any of its rights or sovereignty by agreeing to abide by convention and regulation by the ISA
- U.S. needs to be party to UNCLOS to defend its rights within the CLCS
- U.S. can only preserve its maritime freedoms as a party to UNCLOS
- U.S. involvement in UNCLOS critical to prevent it from being modified adversely to our interests
- UNCLOS creates numerous super national bureaucracies all with the potential to threaten U.S. sovereignty
- U.S. should not accept ideological position that is adverse to joining international agreements
- U.S. critical security interests are continually harmed by its non party status to UNCLOS
- UNCLOS is inextricably tied to the United Nations in several ways
- U.S. non-party status to UNCLOS could be the last check against the United Nations assuming role of world government
- UNCLOS does not define or allow exemptions to military activities clause
- UNCLOS prohibits valuable maritime interdiction efforts of Proliferation Security Initiative
- UNCLOS model could be extended into outer space to the detriment of U.S. freedom of action
- U.S. under greater risk of being subjected to environmental lawsuits by remaining outside of the treaty than by becoming a party to UNCLOS
- UNCLOS will not impose Kyoto obligations on parties that have not ratified it
- UNCLOS unlikely to have unique impact on international climate change law
- U.S. can extend sovereignty by 200,000 square miles by ratifying UNCLOS
- U.S. ability to exclude its military from arbitration is not absolute and our adversaries will use that to their advantage
- UNCLOS requires transfer of valuable marine research and technology in a redistributionist scheme
- U.S. scuttling of Russia's initial Arctic claim shows it can still influence CLCS as a non member
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS would burden American industries with undue regulations and onerous information sharing requirements
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS will validate model for international governance of all global commons with adverse consequences for its military space program
- US underseas cable industry dependent on stability provided by UNCLOS framework
- UNCLOS can easily be adapted to meet needs of outer space law
- UNCLOS extends U.S. sovereignty over a previously unowned resource
- UNCLOS reflects U.S. interests in protecting marine environment