U.N. constitution for the oceans – a done deal: how scientists using Titanic to push global treaty

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, June 25, 2004 | Joan Veon

[lowbridge]

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[lowbridge]

In a follow-up interview with Mr. Connaughton, I asked him about the commercial side of the treaty that establishes for the first time a commercial venture called the "Enterprise" that will charge $250,000 for the right to mine the ocean sea beds. Since this is a U.N. Treaty, proceeds will go to the U.N.

Just what the UN needed...more open doors for corruption.

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks for bumping, friend.

[Wonder Warthog]

"When I asked about if the purpose of the Law of the Sea was to protect history, he said, "It is one very successful component of implementation because whenever someone discovered a missing ship from history, they had total rights to it.""

Translation--"we can't have those nasty capitalists getting their hands on the gold and other goodies from sunken Spanish ships".

[EQAndyBuzz]

Cannot wait to see the day when our navy, passing through the strait of Gibraltar japan comes across a toll booth.

"Hey, anyone have a quarter?"

[SauronOfMordor]

Just what the UN needed...more open doors for corruption.

Just what we don't need is for the UN to get its own independent source of income -- which it can use to hire, train, and equip its own military "peace enforcement" troops

[doc30]

Doesn't this treaty have some serious military implications? Something about making it illegal for submarines to travel while submerged under certain circumstances. Also aren't there restrictions on the activities of naval vessels like needing U.N. permission to be in international waters? I thought parts of this treated were designed to keep the U.S. navy from going outside U.S. waters or some such nonsense. Anyone have info on this?

[William Terrell]

Why not just contract with the Mafia to provide municipal police forces?

[Designer]

"Just what we don't need is for the UN to get its own independent source of income -- "

I'm glad to see that there is at least one other person out there who sees this for what it is.

We also don't need the U.N. (through the various and numerous "treaties") to destroy our sovreignty, either.

[Lazamataz]

The only place in the world where there was essentially no law was the open sea.

Now they are planning to remedy that little loophole.

[hedgetrimmer]

Geez, I'm out of touch for 3 days and look what happens!

So the most corrupt organization in the world that has pulled of the most expensive rip off of taxpayer and public money(oil for food) is in charge of the oceans. Which means they are in charge of commerce, oil, natural resources (mining) and fishing.

Just great.

I ask you to please personally contact your senators and get in writing how they voted for it. We need to keep track of these people and vote the internationalists out of office.

[RightWhale]

if property rights are to be associated, they can be done in arrangement with science.

By property rights they mean resource development rights. This is probably how outer space property rights will go as well.

[glock rocks]

Just what we don't need is for the UN to get its own independent source of income -- which it can use to hire, train, and equip its own military "peace enforcement" troops

That's next.

[sauropod]

Crap! I thought it was a dead horse! It passed????

There should be a way to get the record of the Senate vote from Thomas.

[sauropod]

sad ping.

[coydog]

OK, so they have a treaty.

It's still a big ocean out there. Let them try to enforce it. (snicker)

[Carry_Okie]

OK, so they have a treaty.

Ok, let me explain what this treaty is really about.

The land use control gained by this global bureaucracy will gain via LOST will be justified to "protect" the marine environment. It isn't hard to see. Many oceanic species breed in estuaries within the United States. Estuarine health isn't doing very well for a number of reasons (many of which politicized science will conveniently miss). The estuaries are fed by rivers. The rivers are lined with cities.

Marine sanctuaries and global biospheres are model for what is planned for LOST. If all we accomplish is to alter the treaty to gain protection for our military, we will have missed the point.

LOST is a straitjacket fully capable of crippling this nation economically (which certainly affects its ability to defend itself). That the White House says it knows nothing about it belies the fact that, according to the email I get from ALRA, the White House and Chuck Hagel are the instigators in pushing this treaty through in the dark of night after the Reagan Administration had rejected it out of hand.

Still feeling so non-chalant?

[coydog]

writing up the treaty is one thing, putting manpower on site to watch every inch of it is another. That's my point.

[Carry_Okie]

Controlling land use pursuant to that treaty is done with US officials: judges, zoning laws, and permits. Best you read up a little on how treaties are the foundation of US environmental laws that empower bureaucratic takings.