The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: The Risks Outweigh the Benefits

Heritage Foundation ^ | May 16 | Edwin Meese, III, Baker Spring, Brett D. Schaefer

[PghBaldy]

The Bush Administration has renewed its 2004 request that the Senate ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). While UNCLOS contains provisions that would be marginally beneficial to the U.S. Navy, other provisions of the treaty, such as those regarding the settlement of disputes, royalties on the exploitation of resources on the deep seabed, and the empowering of an additional U.N.-affiliated international bureaucracy, pose far greater risks to U.S. interests. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is likely to have unintended negative consequences for U.S. interests. Nothing has occurred since 2004 that should lead the Senate to reverse its earlier decision to decline to take up the treaty

[ElkGroveDan]

Sometimes I get the feeling that W is taking advice from H.

[Calpernia]

The Heritage Foundation left out one of the major aspects of the revision request.

>>>limit and regulate shipwreck salvage in international waters.<<<<

This is significant because the Nazi generals stole the holecaust victims gold at the end of WWII, and then fled. A boat carrying it was sunk off the coast of Venezuela.

http://dvd.ciao.co.uk/The_Search_For_Nazi_Gold_DVD__6224144
The Search For Nazi Gold

Also:

http://www.rense.com/general3/divers.htm
Divers In Greece Search For WWII Nazi Gold & Jewels

This goes hand in hand with the records being opened up:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1833916/posts
11-nation commission agrees to start transferring Nazi archive to Holocaust researchers

[PghBaldy]

Good point. I have thought much about the statistic that generally, children have their parents’ politics. It seems he is less a Texan and more a Kennebunkporter.