Evidence: Alphabetical
- U.S. non-party status to UNCLOS complicates efforts at negotiating agreements at the IMO where most rules are based on UNCLOS
- U.S. accession to UNCLOS will boost ongoing efforts to develop higher international standards for marine safety and environmental protection
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS would support U.S. rights to conduct maritime interdiction operations
- UNCLOS would bolster U.S. war on terror by ensuring our naval forces have the freedom of navigation rights they need
- UNCLOS tribunals will not be able to force U.S. to release vessels apprehended by U.S. military
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS will not put U.S. Navy under control of foreign tribunals
- U.S. cannot remain a free-rider forever, will have to become a party to UNCLOS to ensure benefits
- UNCLOS protects the rights of marine researchers to conduct operations in foreign EEZs
- U.S. can conduct periodic reviews and careful assessment of any amendments to the convention to ensure it never acts against our interests
- UNCLOS greatly improves international protections for marine biodiversity
- UNCLOS is one of the strongest environmental treaties yet conceived
- UNCLOS is a remarkable peacetime achievement in resolving border disputes without conflict
- UNCLOS treaty has been debated and studied for decades, no further study needed to ratify
- U.S. has already been abiding by provisions of UNCLOS for last two decades
- UNCLOS will remain the basis of maritime law regardless of whether U.S. Is party to the treaty, but the U.S. can only guide its evolution as a treaty member
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS key to making U.S. manufactures more competitive by increasing reliability of shipping lanes
- U.S. manufacturers dependent on foreign sources for rare earth metals because of its inability to mine deep seabed
- U.S. companies unable to proceed with deep seabed mining claims while U.S. remains non-party to UNCLOS
- U.S. intransigence on ratifying UNCLOS after negotiating so hard for it on so many points has weakened our ability to negotiate other treaties
- U.S. failure to ratify UNCLOS reflects an isolationist stance that is harming our efforts to cooperate with other countries
- U.S. inability to protect naval freedoms through UNCLOS has already cost American lives
- U.S. oceanographic research would benefit from accession to UNCLOS
- UNCLOS supports U.S. national security objectives by ensuring freedom of navigation rights and supporting maritime interdiction operations
- U.S. can best demonstrate rule of law leadership by ratifying the Law of the Sea
- U.S. law and practice are already in sync with the convention and would not need to change further
- UNCLOS further efforts of domestic states to protect their coastlines from pollution
- U.S. would gain multiple advantages from formal accession to UNCLOS
- UNCLOS in no way would authorize United Nations to levy taxes on U.S. citizens
- U.S. would not be constrained by foreign tribunal and could choose other methods of dispute resolution
- U.S. ratification of UNCLOS would support rather than hinder the work of the Proliferation Security Initiative
- U.S. should ratify UNCLOS to be able to better protect underseas cables industry from encroachment
- UNCLOS creates multiple institutions that would abrogate U.S. sovereignty
- UNCLOS would establish global rule of law over states subordinating their powers to a new authority
- UNCLOS based on outdated, anti competitive notions of managing resource and production limits
- UNCLOS uniquely sets up an international taxing authority that is a step in the wrong direction
- UNCLOS essential to protect critical infrastructure of underseas cables