The UN’s LOST is Back
May 21,2012
Ridgewood NJ , The United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) is making a comeback. Recall that the U.S. Constitution allows the President to sign treaties, provided that two-thirds of the Senate concurs. Senator John Kerry has scheduled his first hearings this week to push for ratification of the treaty.
If you’re not familiar with LOST, William F. Jasper wrote on this back in 2009 for The New American (TNA).
In a nutshell and in the UN’s own words, LOST:
“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 recognized by the international community as the legal framework within which all activities in the oceans and the seas must be carried out.”
As TNA reported last week, former Senator Trent Lott, a once ardent foe of LOST, is now lobbying for its ratification, after being paid $110,000.
Senator Jim DeMint is organizing the opposition and gathering signatures from fellow Senators to help put a stop to this sovereignty-robbing treaty.
