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united nations to take control of the worlds oceans.

seeker41

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please read this and take action (copied and pasted from treasure coast beaches blog.)




Here we go again! By June the Senate is scheduled to vote on a proposal that will affect you and most of the earth.

Robert K. sent me an email telling about LOST, the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Here is part of what one article says about the treaty. (Use link below to access the article.)

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ... is perhaps one of the most significant but less recognized 20th century accomplishments in the arena of international law.... Its scope is vast: it covers all ocean space, with all its uses, including navigation and overflight; all uses of all its resources, living and non-living, on the high seas, on the ocean floor and beneath, on the continental shelf and in the territorial seas; the protection of the marine environment; and basic law and order.... The Convention is widely recognised by the international community as the legal framework within which all activities in the oceans and the seas must be carried out.

Since most of the earth is covered by water, this treaty would govern most of the earth.

The article goes on to say, If you read the quote carefully, you'll see that the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea which administers LOST would have authority over everything, everything, over, on, and under the oceans and seas of the world. Ratification of LOST would be a very large step toward world government. And, remember under the UN division that administers LOST, our nation wouldn't have veto power like we do in the UN Security Council. We'd have just one vote among 150 or more votes. Just as the League of Nations ultimately fell apart without the United States, let's stay out of the UN's LOST regime, thus denying its legitimacy.

Here is the link to the article.

http://www.jbs.org/legislation/senate-poised-to-give-the-un-control-of-everything-about-the-oceans-by-ratifying-the-law-of-the-sea-treaty-lost



I could go on about the dangers and implications, but I trust that you'll see that for yourself.

If you don't want the UN having jurisdiction over everything that goes on in, over and under the water along the Treasure Coast and everywhere else, you should call or write your senator and express your views.
 
Before we go way crazy on this we are the only maritime nation that is not a signatory to this and we have been operating under it's stipulations anyways for several decades. There is a lot of misinformation and hype on both sides of the coin and as usual the truth is somewhere in the middle. It does not give the UN absolute monarchy over all things marine but codifies the rules and practices into a uniform set of regs. As a mariner I can assure you that it was long overdue in many areas. Governments are still going to have control of their territorial waters.

I am no fan of the UN (in particular their attempts at gun control) but this is being used by certain sectors as a bandwagon to get attention from. It will not destroy the free world or harm our economy. In fact pretty much everyone who is involved in running any kind of international maritime transportation and trade operation feels it's long overdue.

The only reason it wasn't ratified under Reagan (yes it goes back that far) is he wanted to negotiate a better wording on the undersea mining provisions. Since then it's been reworded better and the US wants on board. I'm not going to loose any sleep over this one.
 
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