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Senator John Kerry advocates for the ratification of UNCLOS, a treaty that "boasts an unprecedented breadth of support from Republican foreign policy experts, the United States military, and the hard-nosed, bottom line American business community."
[ More ]Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld criticized the U.N.’s Law of the Sea Treaty as a potential burden on U.S. companies, just hours after six four-star military officers had hailed the treaty as a key diplomatic tool.
[ More ]Craig Allen argues against the claim that U.S. already realizes all benefits of UNCLOS from customary international law by looking at the consequences if all other 160+ nations followed the U.S. example.
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Big Oil, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Lockheed Martin, some of the world’s biggest communications corporations, and the top brass of the U.S. military have been lobbying skeptical members on Capitol Hill to support an initiative they all feel is fundamental to U.S. interests—ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.
[ More ]The author warns that "[t]he US could be left out of valuable Arctic resources if it does not ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Treaty (UNCLOS), the legal authority on the status of Arctic resources."
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The author argues the Senate should reject the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea because it gives too much authority and power to the United Nations.
[ More ]Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld argues that "as the U.S. Senate again considers approving this flawed agreement, the Reagan-Thatcher reasons for opposition [to UNCLOS\ remain every bit as persuasive."
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The author advocates for US ratification of the Law of the Sea noting that in the Arctic region, "[t]he Navy and Coast Guard can unilaterally protect and extend American sovereignty ..., but joining the UNCLOS would be a better way to confirm that sovereignty in law."
[ More ]It is high time the United States joined 162 other states and the European Union in becoming party to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)--thirty years after the Reagan administration first negotiated the treaty.
[ More ]"Both the Louisiana Purchase and Alaska Purchase were controversial in their time. It is clear now, however, that those acts of government guaranteed a secure and prosperous future for America. Today’s Senate has the constitutional obligation to deliver the next great expansion of U.S. sovereign rights. For America’s national interests, we ask them to give advice and consent to the Law of the Sea Treaty."
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