ACTION ALERT
Stop the Senate From Giving the UN Control Over Everything About the Oceans!
Friday, November 09, 2007
By John Birch Society
Take Action!
Here’s the situation.
The Senate is likely to ratify a 1982 U.N. treaty governing the use of the
world’s oceans despite grumbling from a few conservative GOP senators. (CQ
Today, Oct. 31, 2007)
You read it right. The Senate is poised to ratify the UN's
Law of the Sea Treaty (
LOST), which would give regulatory jurisdiction over the
world’s oceans and seas to a United Nations body, the International Tribunal for
the Law of the Sea.
This is the organization famous for its corrupt oil-for-food scandal.
This is the organization that consistently votes against American
interests.
Here’s how the UN describes the importance of LOST:
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ... is perhaps one
of the most significant but less recognized 20th century accomplishments in
the arena of international law.... Its scope is vast: it covers all ocean
space, with all its uses, including navigation and overflight; all uses of all
its resources, living and non-living, on the high seas, on the ocean floor and
beneath, on the continental shelf and in the territorial seas; the protection
of the marine environment; and basic law and order.... The Convention is
widely recognised by the international community as the legal framework within
which all activities in the oceans and the seas must be carried out. ("25th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of
the Sea," Oct. 17, 2007)
So you see just how comprehensive the LOST treaty is. It
provides the legal framework within which all activities on, over, and
under the oceans and the seas must be carried out.
- In other words, the LOST treaty would give the UN jurisdiction over
everything, EVERYTHING, concerning the oceans and seas of the earth.
- Everything would certainly include military and commercial uses of the
oceans and seas. How do you think the anti-American UN would rule on U.S. Air
Force planes and U.S. Navy ships using the oceans for military purposes? What
would this mean for our national security? How about our commercial airliners
flying over the oceans? How about the necessary transportation between our
mainland states and Hawaii? And, on and on.
- We would not have veto power protection in the UN’s International Tribunal
for the Law of the Sea like we do in the Security Council. We’d have one vote
among a membership of over 150 nations.
- Phone your senators today and tell the
appropriate staff members firmly that your senators must NOT ratify LOST.
Follow the talking points supplied in the message you'll see when you enter
your ZIP code and click on the "Call Now" box. (Here's a link to the LOST
Capwiz Alert with the "Call Now" box:
http://www.capwiz.com/jbs/callalert/index.tt?alertid=10530786)
- Forward this alert to your sphere of influence, especially leaders
and members of other organizations that believe in preserving American
sovereignty and security, and convince them to contact their senators
and use the talking points supplied when they fill in their ZIP code and click
on the "Call Now" box.
This vote on LOST is arguably the most important vote the Senate will
cast this year. Think about the terrible legacy of UN control of the
oceans this treaty would create.
Our personal freedom and security depend on preserving our national
sovereignty and security by winning this fight against
LOST!
Take action by clicking on this
link:
http://www.capwiz.com/jbs/callalert/index.tt?alertid=10530786
Thank you,
The John Birch Society
Standing for family and freedom since 1958
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