Monday, March 23, 2009

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea Treaty -- Updated and Bumped

Information Dissemination posted a follow-up.
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Some more thoughts on UNCLOS and Customary International Law: Information Dissemination posted some thoughts on the ratification of the UNCLOSin response to the Boston Globe Op. Ed.

Just last week, RADM Gene Brooks, Commander of the 17th Coast Guard District in Alaska, testified before the Alaska House State of Affairs Committee on the Coast Guard's position on the Law of the Sea Convention. Considering RADM Brooks' background, I thought followers of this topic might find his opinions interesting as well. /D17%20LOSC%20Statement.doc

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Shipmates,

The following link U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea Treaty Op-Ed contains an op-ed piece written by Melissa Bert, a National Security Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and Captain in the US Coast Guard, and Mark Schlakman, a senior program director at Florida State University's Center for the Advancement of Human Rights.

What are your comments and opinions on this treaty?

ADM A