U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: Living Resources Provisions
Description:
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS Convention) was agreed to in 1982, but the United States never became a signatory nation. In the 111th Congress, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on January 13, 2009, acknowledged that U.S. accession to the LOS Convention would be an Obama Administration priority. This report describes provisions of the LOS Convention relating to living marine resources and disc…
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Date:
June 22, 2009
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department