From A Gift to Terrorists: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is poised for ratification by the United States Senate. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 17-4 last Thursday to send it to the Senate floor for final approval. President Bush supports it. Unless thirty-four votes can be mustered to stop this runaway train, we are headed for a train wreck in our...
Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST)
The Law of the Sea Treaty, which goes by the wonderful acronym LOST, operates under the assumption that any minerals in the ocean floor constitute the “common heritage” of all mankind — and therefore cannot be the property of any one individual, company, or nation. This treaty is an affront to American national sovereignty. It would give the United Nations authority over much of...