Don't resurrect the Law of the Sea Treaty.(POSITION PAPERS)

From: Journal of International Affairs | Date: September 22, 2005| Author: Bandow, Doug | Copyright information

More than two decades of negotiation culminated in 1982 with the approval of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) by the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The United States was not among the 117 nations (and two other delegations) that penned their approval of the treaty, which opened for signature amid great fanfare. American opposition was not without effect, however; the LOST, as the treaty is known, failed to gain the 60 ratifications necessary to go i...

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