Republicans Support U.N. Sea Treaty

Republicans support The Law of the Sea Treaty   The treaty issue has taken on more importance in view of the fact that one of the biggest brains in the U.S. State Department, Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger III, has been caught lying about the treaty before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His lies were uttered during a September 27 hearing in response to questions from Senator David Vitter, a member of the committee. Here's some of the exchange:

Senator David Vitter: "Another concern is regulation of domestic activity. It seems to me the [Law of the Sea] treaty clearly states jurisdiction over land-based pollution sources. Why do we want to open that Pandora's box?"

Bellinger: "Senator, I think it clearly does not allow regulation over land-based pollution sources. That would stop at the water's edge�"

Vitter: "Article 213 says states shall enforce their laws and shall-mandatory-adopt laws and regulations and take other measure to implement applicable international rules and standards established through competent international organizations or diplomatic conference to prevent, reduce and control pollution. Sounds to me like the Kyoto Protocol is an international standard and we shall pass laws to enforce that�"

Later, Senator Vitter made the observation in the form of a question: "If it is completely not covered by the treaty, why is there a section entitled 'Pollution from land-based sources?'"

It was apparent to any objective observer that Bellinger had lied. That is, Vitter had caught him saying things about the treaty that were demonstrably and clearly not true.

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michelle malkin says

The push for the Law of the Sea Treaty

Such a step would seem especially improbable given such
well-documented fiascoes as: the U.N.-administered Iraq Oil-for-Food
program; investigations and cover-ups of corrupt practices at the
organization’s highest levels; child sex-slave operations and rape
squads run by U.N. peacekeepers; and the absurd, yet relentless,
assault on alleged Israeli abuses of human rights by majorities led by
despotic regimes in Iran, Cuba, Syria and Libya.

Nonetheless, the predictable effect of U.S. accession to the U.N.
Convention on the Law of the Sea — better known as the Law of the Sea
Treaty (or LOST) — would be to transform the U.N. from a nuisance and
laughingstock into a world government: The United States would confer
upon a U.N. agency called the International Seabed Authority (IA) the
right to dictate what is done on, in and under the world’s oceans.
Doing so, America would become party to surrender of immense resources
of the seas and what lies beneath them to the dictates of
unaccountable, nontransparent multinational organizations, tribunals
and bureaucrats.

Reject The Law Of The Sea Treaty
Reagan did, so should we
http://www.rejectlost.org/