JW Warns Rice: Treaty Could Force U.S. to
Implement Global Warming Policies
Friday, October 26, 2007
By Tom Fitton
Judicial Watch President
Here’s an item for anyone who is seriously concerned with
protecting U.S. national sovereignty…
Earlier this week, I, along with Cliff Kincaid, President
of America’s Survival, sent a letter
to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding a United Nations treaty that,
if ratified, could legally force the U.S. to comply with international global
warming standards no matter how restrictive and nonsensical.
On September 27, two State Department officials (John
Bellinger and John Negroponte) testified, disingenuously in our view, before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the United Nations Convention of
the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). We sent the letter to Secretary of State Rice
to set the record straight.
Here’s an excerpt:
“We are concerned, that in advocating for UNCLOS, Messrs.
Bellinger and Negroponte may have misstated important facts to the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee…
“…Bellinger had told the Senators that ‘This [treaty] is
not a back-door way to subject us to the Kyoto [global warming] Protocol’…In
fact, Madam Secretary, the evidence is that UNCLOS can be used by international
lawyers to try to force the United States to implement the provisions of the
unratified global warming treaty by forcing a reduction of the discharge of
industrial carbon monoxide and other greenhouse gasses.”
In other words, if the U.S. ratifies the treaty, and then
fails to abide by international pollution mandates, you can expect a slew of
anti-American lawsuits designed to force compliance. (During the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Louisiana Senator David Vitter aggressively
grilled Negroponte and Bellinger on this point. Rather than attempting to
summarize the exchange, click here and
read it for yourself.)
Here’s how we closed the letter to Secretary
Rice:
“We hope the State Department becomes more forthright
about UNCLOS and its ramifications as the Administration continues to push for
its ratification.”
“As it stands now, the State Department does not seem a
‘reliable witness’ for any U.S. Senator seeking to understand the truth about
this controversial treaty. It would seem appropriate to review the
testimony of Messrs. Bellinger and Negroponte in this regard. As their
testimony seems lacking, the State Department should request another opportunity
to testify to the Senate about UNCLOS so that the record can be
clarified.”
Until next week…
Tom Fitton
President
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