Ratify Law of the Sea

Foreign Policy Priorities in the FY2011 International Affairs Budget
Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Secretary Clinton:
“At the same time, we are developing a new architecture of cooperation to meet transnational global challenges like climate change and the use of our planet’s oceans. With regard to the latter, I want to reiterate my support for [...]

CDR Michael C. Holifield, JAGC, a representative of the U.S. Navy’s Law of the Sea Department, outlines in this video how Law of the Sea can help the Navy achieve its capabilities and how failing to join other nations in this effort negatively impacts the Navy’s abilities. Holifield spoke at an event hosted by The [...]

While a minority of Senators block U.S. entry into the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, nations like Canada seek approval to map their underwater territory using robots.
Greenwire
Data gathered by the yellow torpedo-shaped probes will become part of Canada’s bid to prove its continental slope stretches far beyond the 200-nautical-mile territorial limit. The [...]