Posted on 02/10/2005 3:23:45 PM PST by Claytay
The Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), has been brought forward again to seek ratification after being rejected by President Reagan in 1982. If enacted, this will be one of the most critical agreements of this century. It would give control to an organization, currently under several investigations for corruption, the power to regulate seven-tenths of the world’s surface area and the power to levy international taxes. This is a treaty you should really know about:
Gabrielle Reilly: Frank, has much changed in the Law of the Sea Treaty since President Ronald Reagan refused to ratify it in 1982?
Frank Gaffney: The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (commonly known as the Law of the Sea Treaty, or LOST) that Ronald Reagan refused to sign is exactly the same treaty as the one the Senate is being asked to approve today. It has not been amended or otherwise formally altered since 1982. To be sure, President Clinton reached an accord called “The Agreement” in 1994 that purports to address some of President Reagan’s concerns. Since the Agreement does not actually replace or modify the relevant sections of LOST, however, the Treaty is still fatally flawed and objectionable on national security, sovereignty and legal grounds.
Gabrielle Reilly: If ratified, will LOST interfere with President Bush's Proliferation Security Initiative which allows for the intercepting of ships engaging in terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction?
Gaffney: One of the most important post-9/11 efforts made to counter terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction is President Bush’s Proliferation Security Initiative. Dozens of nations have agreed to join in monitoring and, if necessary, intercepting and boarding ships on the high seas in the event they are suspected of engaging in one or both of these threatening activities.
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Bump.
The UN should not control one bottle of water.
The UN is a cabal of corrupt politicians from Nation States who have demonstrated no concern for starving, brutalized people nor any respect for those nations who attempt to liberate them.
The White House and Sen. Lugar have both said they would like to see the Law of the Sea Treaty ratified this year.
Reagan opposed it. What is wrong with this administration? How could GW ever consider this passage? Maybe spending less time promoting the Klintoons for a starter & put Tancredo on the White House premises rather than Harry Reid.
I've written both of Ohio's Republican Senators to have this POS treaty thrown out, bump
Why are you suprised? All you suckers who voted for this traitor a second time are a bunch of idiots.
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