Factoid/2010/11/05
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Hopes Fade for US Ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty
- "The new Senate may become even more obdurate when it comes to getting a confirmation vote for the Law of the Sea treaty that has been languishing (at this point more like festering) in that august body for years. While almost all ocean stakeholders from the Pentagon to the shipping industry to Greenpeace think the U.S. needs to be an active player in this U.N. convention that determines global actions on ocean issues, a handful of right-wing senators... claim it is an attempt to undermine U.S. sovereignty." - excerpt from the Blue Frontier Campaign's Blue Notes #81 Newsletter. Read more.
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