1500 words law of the sea treaty. not great but...

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• School of Social Sciences and International Studies
• POLS3043 - US Hegemony & International Law

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US disinclination to ratify LOST Michael Gale What purposes are served by a US disinclination to ratify the Third UN Law of the Sea Convention The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea created a new framework for the conduct of maritime affairs. The Convention remains a shining example of international cooperation, diplomacy, and the role of international law in the regulation of international affairs and is considered to be `one of the most complex and ultimately successful international diplomatic negotiations of the twentieth century' (Rothwell 2004, pp. 131-132). The negotiations for the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Seas were elongated and complex, with the Conference meeting for a total of 93 weeks between December 1973 and December 1972 (Browne 2006, p. 1). The Convention was the result of the United Nations recognition for a clearly defined national ter...

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• Borders
• Foreign policy of the United States
• International relations
• International waters
• Law
• Law of the sea
• Multilateralism
• Political geography
• Politics
• Public international law
• Social Issues
• Technology
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• United States non-ratification of the UNCLOS
• War

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