Law of the Sea Treaty Is Found on Capitol Hill, Again

[pampango]

7. Trent Lott supports this, but republicans in congress are the ones blocking it.

And it is the administration and Democrats who are trying to get it passed.

Libertarians seem to agree with the fear that the UN is trying to impose "one-world order governance" (they use "one-world government" or "global governance" sometimes) on national sovereignty.

"Opponents of the treaty, who have prevented it from coming up for a vote before the full Senate, argue that the pact would erode U.S. sovereignty and shackle U.S. operations on the world’s oceans. Last week, the House passed an amendment to a defense spending bill that would block U.S. funding for implementation, creating a possible showdown later with the Senate.

The Heritage Foundation and other conservative organizations have lined up to oppose the bill. Sen. James Inhofe (R., Okla.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, opposes the treaty as a threat to U.S. sovereignty and security."

http://www.dailypaul.com/235844/senate-to-reconsider-law-of-the-sea-treaty-today

"The Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) is a UN global governance treaty, a sovereignty-slashing horror and it puts 70% of the earth under UN control and taxing authority. It's been around since 1982. Reagan opposed ratifying it. Bush 41 couldn't get it ratified and neither could Clinton or Bush 43, though they tried. Now it's back."

http://www.humblelibertarian.com/2012/05/feulner-sink-law-of-sea-treaty.html

"...alas, like anything involving the UN, it's another shakedown of the United States (and developed coastal states in general). We've been lucky so far in that it has never been ratified but it looks like Obama and the treaty's main champion, are going to have another try (Kerry is going to hold hearings promoting the treaty on May 23rd). Why is it so bad?

"American money would be stolen by a UN sanctioned international body and given to other members of the ISA based on 'interests and need". Yup, from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.

And can someone please tell me what we get out of the UN anymore? Sure, I understand what the idea of it was at one point, when it was dominated by democracies (in its very early days), but now what? It seems to mainly be a vehicle for dictators to get prestige and an international forum and for "developing" nations to try to rob the "developed" nations of the world in some grand redistribution scheme." (The usual libertarian call for the US to get out of the UN.)

http://libertarian-neocon.blogspot.com/2012/05/law-of-sea-treaty-piracy-of-us-by-un.html