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Special thanks to Tom DeWeese
WHY WE MUST STOP THE
UNITED NATIONS LAW OF THE SEA TREATY NOW!
Any day now this nation could find itself part of an
international treaty
that abolishes freedom on seven-tenths of the world’s surface.
That’s because the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, a
treaty that has
remained latent since Bill Clinton’s presidency, has reemerged
as a threat
to this nation’s sovereignty, thanks in large part to Senate
Foreign
Relations Chair Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and his fellow
committee members. In
February, this committee voted unanimously to bring the treaty
to the full
senate for consideration; Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist, who
is
responsible for scheduling legislation for votes, has not yet
moved on this
request.
With no public outcry in opposition, though, the pressures of
support from
the Bush Administration, U.S. Navy officials,
environmentalists and oil
industry executives could result in a vote any day for senate
ratification.
Once two-thirds of senators approve, America will have yet
another U.N.
shackle placed about her leg.
The treaty gives the United Nations control of the sea. It
compromises U.S.
national security, siphons U.S. corporate and taxpayer dollars
for global
interests in the form of new levies, stifles U.S. development
and gives away
hard-earned U.S. technology to even non-friendly nations. This
treaty
represents the “largest transfer of sovereignty to a U.N. body
ever,” says
Brandon Wales, a senior associate with the Center for Security
Policy. “This
is unprecedented.”
If ratified, the United States will no longer hold the right
to board and
search all suspect vessels - a prohibition that will greatly
endanger our
nation’s security and impede our progress with the war against
terrorism.
The United States will no longer hold jurisdiction to freely
explore the
ocean’s beds and waters for oil and precious magnesium without
first
obtaining permission and receiving quota limitations from the
International
Sea Bed Authority, a U.N. body. The United States will be
required to pay a
tax on all ocean discoveries to this same U.N. body, and the
United States
will also have to share its mining and exploration technology
with the likes
of China and North Korea – nations that in turn can use this
technology
against our own military defenses!
This treaty must be halted before the United Nations is
allowed to stretch
its powers over 70% of the Earth’s surface and control of the
seas!
WE MUST ACT NOW!
WE MUST ACT OFTEN!
***ACTION TO TAKE**
1) Call the White House and demand that President Bush revoke
his support
for this insane treaty. Recall that this is the same treaty
that President
Reagan tossed aside as contrary to U.S. interests and the same
treaty
subsequently that President Clinton signed. We should honor
the efforts of
Reagan, and all those who value a sovereign Constitutional
form of
government, and throw the shreds of this treaty back to the
Senate Foreign
Relations Committee! Switchboard: (202) 456-1414 or (202)
456-1111
2) Call your representatives and tell them to put pressure on
the Senate to
abolish all chances for U.S. participation in this treaty! If
we can’t get
senators to listen directly, perhaps indirect pressure through
the other
side of Congress will get their attention. House switchboard:
(202) 225-3121
3) Call both of your senators and tell them to vote ‘no’ on
ratification of
the Law of the Seas Treaty. The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee is trying
to push this ratification by unanimous consent, which stifles
debate, hides
individual votes, and eases the path of compliance for
senators who may be
facing doubts with this treaty. But they need to be informed
of the true
nature of this treaty, in the event Frist schedules it for
vote in the
coming days! Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
* For a more detailed report on the treaty and its dire
effects to America’s
sovereignty and free market system, please contact us to
obtain the upcoming
issue of The DeWeese Report.
www.americanpolicy.org
>From the American Policy Center
Tom DeWeese, president
American Policy Center
50A South Third St., Suite 2
Warrenton, Va. 20186
540-341-8911
FAX: 540-341-8917
apc@americanpolicy.org
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