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Exclusive: The UN starts toward new control over the world's oceans
foxnews.com ^
| 4/8/2016
| George Russell
Posted on 04/08/2016 9:03:08 AM PDT by rktman
The United Nations has launched a far-reaching initiative that could give U.N.-sponsored authorities sway over the biological resources of the high seasall the waters that lie outside national territories and economic zones.
The potential shift in power involves multi-trillion-dollar issues, such as whether large areasconceivably, as much as 30 percent-- of the worlds international waters should be designated as no-go areas to protect biological diversity; whether and how to require elaborate environmental impact assessments for future ocean development projects; and how to divide up the economic benefits from the future development of marine genetic resources.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: oneworldorder; unitednations; untiednations
Uh, no! But no doubt we'll cave to this eventually.
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posted on
04/08/2016 9:03:08 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
They can hire pirates for enforcement.
To: rktman
The presidential candidates should immediately be asked where they stand on this.
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posted on
04/08/2016 9:07:40 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Letters of marque and reprisal are commissions or warrants issued to someone to commit what would otherwise be acts of piracy.
It’s in the Constitution.
To: Steely Tom
Silly. None of them can walk on water let alone stand on it. :>)
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posted on
04/08/2016 9:13:49 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: rktman
“Ah don’ know nothin’ ‘bout no waters.”
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posted on
04/08/2016 9:15:04 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: rktman; All
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posted on
04/08/2016 9:21:33 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: rktman
This will involve the military are some point.
As Nancy said, "Just say no!" Okay, just say, "Hell NO!"
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posted on
04/08/2016 9:24:32 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Ted is the invisible man. When you consider his qualifications, he fades away. Look through Ted.)
To: rktman
Get the hell out of the UN and kick those sick immature idiots the hell out of the US. Sell the UN building and turn it into a hotel.
To: rktman
“The Most Dangerous UN- and North-Korean-controlled Catch”?
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posted on
04/08/2016 9:46:32 AM PDT
by
pabianice
(LINE)
To: Logical me
Sell the UN building and turn it into a hotel. A hotel sounds like too big a change. Keep it to the same purpose, only make it more harmless. Turn it into a Brothel.
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posted on
04/08/2016 9:53:00 AM PDT
by
C210N
(Supporting the Constitutional Conservative in the race. Constitutional Conservative Cruz.)
To: rktman
The UN is always in search of an automatic, constant revenue stream
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posted on
04/08/2016 10:04:54 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Fear is the mind killer.)
To: DoughtyOne; Logical me
DJT's ears just perked up!
I would think it would make a great high-end gun store. And while we are at it, throw that hideous Yoko sculpture into the East River. **Imagine**
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posted on
04/08/2016 10:05:22 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We have the fight of our lives coming up to save our nation!" ~ Jim Robinson)
To: Daffynition
LOL
Never was a person more aptly named, Yoko Ono.
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posted on
04/08/2016 10:07:55 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Ted is the invisible man. When you consider his qualifications, he fades away. Look through Ted.)
To: headstamp 2
Catch a fish, pay a tax. Surf a wave, pay a tax.
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posted on
04/08/2016 10:09:42 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: rktman
When can we push this cesspool into the east river
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