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United States and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

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Convention. It mandated that key articles, including those on limitation of seabed production and mandatory technology transfer, would not be applied, that the United States, if it became a member, would be guaranteed a seat on the Council of the International Seabed Authority, and finally, that voting would be done in groups, with each group able to block decisions on substantive matters. The 1994 Agreement also established a Finance Committee that would originate the financial decisions of the Authority, to which the largest donors would automatically be members and in which decisions would be made by consensus.
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provisions, their relationship to the provisions of other multilateral environmental treaties, and the need to amend U.S. federal environmental, wildlife, chemicals and offshore drilling laws and/or regulations in order to implement the international legal obligations the U.S. would assume upon ratification of UNCLOS. It is arguable whether such a review would have revealed the relationship between U.S. UNCLOS accession efforts, environmental legislation previously proposed by members of the 111th Congress and oceans policies adopted by the Obama administration.
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established to prepare for the eventual coming into force of the Convention-recognized claims by applicants, sponsored by signatories of the Convention. Overlaps between the two groups were resolved, but a decline in the demand for minerals from the seabed made the seabed regime significantly less relevant. In addition, the decline of Socialism and the fall of Communism in the late 1980s had removed much of the support for some of the more contentious Part XI provisions.
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disputes. With more than 160 nations participating, the Conference continued until its final meeting in late 1982, at which time the final act was signed and the Convention was opened for signature. As time went on, it became clear that the United States, among other developed states, was not willing
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Thus, modifications to that provision were negotiated, and an amending agreement was finalized in July 1994. The U.S. signed the Agreement in 1994 and now recognizes the Convention as general international law, but has not ratified it at this time. UNCLOS entered into force in November 1994 with the
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In 1990, consultations were begun between signatories and non-signatories (including the United States) over the possibility of modifying the Convention to allow the industrialized countries to join the Convention. The resulting 1994 Agreement on Implementation was adopted as a binding international
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and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee favored ratification, other U.S. congressional committees possessing oversight jurisdiction have yet to undertake an open, transparent and substantive public review of this most complex treaty's significant environmental regulatory and judicial enforcement
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questioned the President's constitutional authority to extend sovereignty as Congress has the power to make laws concerning the territory belonging to the United States under the U.S. Constitution. In any event, Congress needs to pass laws defining if the extended waters, including oil and mineral
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The United States objected to Part XI of the Convention on several grounds, arguing that the treaty was unfavorable to American economic and security interests. The U.S. claimed that the provisions of the treaty were not free-market friendly and were designed to favor the economic systems of the
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From 1983 to 1990, the United States attempted to establish an alternative regime for exploitation of the minerals of the deep seabed. An agreement was made with other seabed mining nations and licenses were granted to four international consortia. Concurrently, the Preparatory Commission was
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No. 5030, claimed a 200-mile exclusive economic zone. In December 1988 President Reagan, through Proclamation No. 5928, extended U.S. territorial waters from three nautical miles to twelve nautical miles for national security purposes. However a legal opinion from the
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The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) was convened from June to August in Caracas, Venezuela in 1974. The most significant issues which were covered were setting limits, navigation, archipelagic status and transit regimes,
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UNCLOS, also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, defines the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the world's oceans; it establishes guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the management of marine
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President Bush Supports the Law of the Sea Convention, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs letter to the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2007 February 8.
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established by the Convention might become a bloated and expensive bureaucracy, due to a combination of large revenues and insufficient control over what the revenues could be used for.
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Edwin Meese, III, Baker Spring and Brett D. Schaefer, "The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: The Risks Outweigh the Benefits," The Heritage Foundation, May 16, 2007
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later said that the vote to deny passage in 2012 was purely political and that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce would deliver enough Republican votes for passage in the
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held the so-called "24 Star" hearing, featuring six four-star generals and admirals representing every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. Each witness, including the
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Ridenour, David A. "Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty: A Not-So-Innocent Passage," National Center for Public Policy Research, August 2006
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On September 20, 2007, an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under UNCLOS issued its decision on a longstanding maritime boundary dispute between
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Cohen, Bonner. "Law of the Sea Treaty Could Prove Dangerous to America," National Center for Public Policy Research, November 2005
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with Respect to the Convention on the Law of the Sea, in: International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 2001, 767-786; CHURCHILL R.
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Conference on the Law of the Sea, which took place from 1974 through 1982 and resulted in the international treaty known as the
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The Law of the Sea Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-39): The U.S. National Security and Strategic Imperatives for Ratification
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to agree to Part XI of the Convention concerning deep seabed portions and mining of potentially valuable metals.
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What Goes Around, Comes Around: How UNCLOS Ratification Will Herald Europe’s Precautionary Principle as U.S. Law
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there has been vigorous debate over the ratification of the treaty, with criticism coming mainly from political
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The Senate Should Give Immediate Advice and Consent to the Law of the Sea Convention: Why the Critics Are Wrong
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On July 16, 2012, 34 Republican Senators signed a letter to U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman
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On January 13, 2009, speaking at her Senate confirmation hearing as nominee for U.S. secretary of state,
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On May 15, 2007, U.S. President George W. Bush announced that he had urged the Senate to approve UNCLOS.
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The United States accepted all but Part XI as customary international law. In March 1983 President
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to vote for approval, the 34 signatories are enough to stop treaty ratification. However, Senator
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pledging to vote against the treaty. Because treaty ratification in the U.S. requires 2/3 of the
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that the Law of the Sea Treaty would strengthen the U.S. economy and help create American jobs.
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On April 11, 2006, the 5-Member UNCLOS Annex VII Arbitral Tribunal, presided over by H.E. Judge
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and argued for the ratification of the treaty. During the same hearing, Secretary of Defense
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The dragon roars back : transformational leaders and dynamics of Chinese foreign policy
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U.S Army at the Forum on the Law of the Sea Convention held in Washington D.C., May 9, 2012
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MOORE J. and SCHACHTE W., in Columbia Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 59 Issue 1.
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blocked American ratification of the Convention, claiming that it would impinge on U.S.
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Legal Implications of the Entry Into Force of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
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to resolve their fisheries dispute by means of concluding a new Fisheries Agreement.
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Donovan, Carrie E. "The Law of the Sea Treaty," Heritage Foundation, April 2, 2004
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said that ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty would be a priority for her.
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Statement before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, October 21, 2003
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An Analysis of the Ratification of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
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President's Statement on Advancing U.S. Interests in the World's Oceans
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Washington Legal Foundation Backgrounder Vol. 24 No. 23 (July 2009).
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U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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also urged swift ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty.
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As of 2023, the United States has not ratified UNCLOS.
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Declarations, Statements and 'Disguised Reservations'
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was among the nations that participated in the third
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American involvement in drafting but non-ratification
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Transcript of Hillary Clinton's Confirmation Hearing
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Index


European Union
United States
United Nations
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
customary international law
natural resources
European Union

exclusive economic zones
seabed mining
maritime boundary
Communist states
International Seabed Authority
Ronald Reagan
Proclamation
Justice Department

Martin E. Dempsey
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Stephen M. Schwebel
boundary delimitation
Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago
Guyana
Suriname
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S. Senate
Senator Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

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