Evidence: Alphabetical
- UNCLOS regime adequate for protecting fisheries stocks in the Arctic
- Use of Freedom of Navigation missions to secure rights costs the U.S. politically and financially and detracts from other naval missions
- U.S. would not be forced to accept environmental laws it hasn't already agreed to (ex. Kyoto Protocol) as a party to UNCLOS
- U.S. would not want China to follow its behavior in refusing to abide by international law
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS will help U.S. resolve 30-40 existing boundary disputes
- US delay in ratifying UNCLOS has had real economic and political costs in terms of lost opportunities and leadership credibility
- UNCLOS represents a subjugation of American foreign policy to United Nations
- UNCLOS would establish new precedent for allowing United Nations to levy taxes that would lead to further abuses
- U.S. needs to engage multilaterally to prevent overfishing of Arctic fishing stocks
- U.S. needs to ratify UNCLOS to establish shared law in the Arctic to avoid conflict
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS has bipartisan support with exception of a small minority of Tea Party aligned senators
- U.S. economic security is at risk by not engaging in the Arctic -- ratification of UNCLOS is a critical first step
- UNCLOS establishes separate tribunal for the adjudication of disputes between parties
- UNCLOS has failed to achieve its goals due to non-compliance by many states
- UNCLOS introduces a number of unresolved issues for the underseas cable industry
- UNCLOS lacks necessary provisions to ensure protection of underseas cables
- U.S. ability to challenge excessive claims weakened by its non-party status to UNCLOS
- U.S. naval maritime strategy founded on cooperative engagement with other navies and ratification of UNCLOS is critical to support that
- UNCLOS would bolster U.S. efforts at international environmental protection
- UNCLOS would help protect U.S. naval freedoms against growing number of excessive claims
- UNCLOS negotiations were completed in a bipartisan manner through multiple administrations
- U.S. Navy has concluded that costs of unilateral enforcement of naval freedoms through Freedom of Navigation program no longer worth it
- U.S. would not abdicate authority or sovereignty to International Seabed Authority under UNCLOS
- UNCLOS preamble specifically avoids regulating matters such as intelligence activities
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS will facilitate U.S. efforts in war on terrorism
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS will go a long way towards promoting international protection of the environment
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS would boost U.S. leadership on protecting maritime environment in multiple ways
- U.S. response to Russian Arctic claims relies on UNCLOS provisions even though U.S. has yet to ratify treaty
- U.S. investing in research to prove its Arctic claim but cannot make them official as a non-party to UNCLOS
- U.S. running risk of losing out on Arctic territory by not being a signatory to UNCLOS
- UNCLOS regime in the Arctic responsible for keeping the scramble for arctic resources from devolving into resource conflicts
- U.S. non-party status to UNCLOS has thwarted offshore oil and gas development beyond the U.S. EEZ
- U.S. security in new threat environment requires agile forces with high degree of mobility
- Underseas cables constitute a critical infrastructure for global economy
- UNCLOS has numerous new provisions specifically for protection of underseas cables that are only available to parties to the treaty
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS would not have an adverse effect on its intelligence activities