U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: Living Resources Provisions

Buck, Eugene H.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Marine resources;    Ocean policy;    Natural resources;    Marine resources conservation;    International affairs;   

RP-ID  :  RL32185
RP-ID  :  RL32185_2009Jun22

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

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 discusses how these provisions comport with current U.S. marine policy.