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On Dec 27, 5:40 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: *Travis* > Date: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 > Subject: Will America Join the Law of the Sea Treaty Under Obama? > > Osama-Obama can be counted on to sell-out American interests at first > opportunity. > > B > > *Keith's US Foreign Policy Blog* > > By *Keith Porter* <http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/mbiopage.htm>, About.com > Guide to US Foreign Policy > > ยท > > *Will America Join the Law of the Sea Treaty Under Obama? * > > Tuesday December 16, 2008 > > [image: President-Elect Barack Obama] <http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/> > President-Elect Barack Obama > Photo: Getty/Olson > > Almost every country on the planet has ratified the United Nations > Convention on the Law of the > Sea<http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/unitednations/a/lawofseatreaty.htm>(UNCLOS)... > except the United States. > > America has actually followed most provisions of the treaty since 1983 and > all of the provisions since 1994. President Bill Clinton signed the treaty > in 1994 and sent it to the U.S. Senate, but it has never been taken up by > the full Senate even though it passed out of the Senate Foreign Relations > Committee last year. > Law of the Sea Treaty No More "Wild West" on the "High Seas" > > By Keith Porter <http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/mbiopage.htm>, About.com > > September 4, 2007 > > There was a time when the western part of the United States was mostly > lawless, the "Wild West." Yet slowly but surely, as humanity started to fill > up the space, law became more and more necessary. Commerce, land use, water > rights and more all require agreed upon laws. Civilization is one term for > this process. > > Like the "Wild West," the term "High Seas" refers to an area outside of > normal laws. The parts of Earth's oceans and seas which can be claimed by no > single country (or can be claimed by so many countries that the claims are > meaningless) have long been ruled by either pirates or the strongest navy. > > Here again though, commerce, shipping lanes, mineral resources, fishing > rights, environmental concerns, and more mean that law and civilization are > in demand. As far back as the mid-1950s, the world began a process for > determining exactly which waters belonged to which countries and how the > remainder could be shared for the benefit of all. > > *Forging the Law of the Sea Treaty* > > The treaty process has evolved over the last 50 years into the United > Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Today, almost every > country on the planet has ratified the convention... except the United > States. > > America has actually followed most provisions of the treaty since 1983 and > all of the provisions since 1994. President Bill Clinton signed the treaty > in 1994 and sent it to the U.S. Senate, but it has never been taken up by > the full Senate for a ratification vote. Conservatives have long opposed the > treaty and, even when Democrats previously controlled the Senate, there has > never seemed to be the 66 votes needed for passage. But the situation is > changing. > > On May 15, 2007, President Bush called on the Senate to ratify UNCLOS. And > this month the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to open > hearings on the treaty which could lead to a full vote before the end of the > year. Recent claims by Russia and others to own the mineral rights on the > floor of the Arctic Ocean have only added to a sense of urgency. Those > claims will likely be untangled by courts and tribunals established by > UNCLOS. 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