The Senate Foreign Relations committee meets at 9:30 (ET) today to discuss ratification of the UN Law of the Seas treaty.  With this treaty the United States will be joining a global court where the United Nations would be the judicial authority.  With this treaty the United States will signing global taxation authority to the United Nations.

Once the UN Seabed Authority has been established there will be no transparency since the United Nations does all of it’s own internal audits.  Unlike US Corporations which are required to be audited by outside firms this is not the situation with the UN.  The UN is a breeding ground for graft, corruption and secrecy. 

This treaty never seems to die since it has been brought forward to be ratified a number of times since 1982 when Ronald Reagan refused to sign the treaty for not serving US interests. However, today we have Democrats in near unanimous agreement along with President Bush pushing for ratification. Once approved by the Foreign Relations Committee the treaty will need 2/3rds approval from the Senate. You need to call your Senators to let them know you don’t want the UN to control the seas and that this treaty does not serve US interests.

From last week - UNCLOS/LOST - UN will finally get it’s global tax

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)is the biggest giveaway of American sovereignty and resources since Jimmy Carter’s Panama Canal Treaty. It creates a global tax on American companies and turns the riches of the oceans, including oil, gas and minerals, over to the United Nations. The 202-page treaty document was described by the late leftist Senator Alan Cranston as “the most far-reaching and comprehensive system created thus far by the global community.” UNCLOS mandates a global tax on corporations which exploit ocean resources, an International Seabed Authority to collect the revenue, and an International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea to govern ocean affairs. It also:

* Provides a backdoor for implementing the global warming treaty.
* Permits U.N. bodies to regulate and restrict U.S. military activities on the high seas.

As indicated, UNCLOS establishes a new international legal regime, including an International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and an International Seabed Authority, to govern activities on, over, and under the world’s oceans. Also regarded as an environmental treaty that provides a backdoor for implementing the unratified Kyoto Protocol or global warming treaty, the provisions of UNCLOS would permit international rules and regulations governing economic and industrial activities on the remaining land area of the world in order to combat perceived pollution dangers. The treaty’s provision for taxing U.S. and other corporations which mine the ocean establishes the first independent source of revenue for the U.N.

Republican Members on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:
Bob Corker (TN) - (202-224-3344 and 202-228-0566)
Charles Hagel (NE)
Norm Coleman (MN)
John Sunnunu (NH)
George Voinovich (OH)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Jim DeMint (SC)
John Isackson (GA)
David Vitner (LA)
Richard Lugar (IN)

Democrat Members on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:
Joe Biden (DE)
Chris Dodd (CT)
John Kerry (MA)
Russ Feingold (WI)
Barbara Boxer (CA)
Bill Nelson (FL)
Barack Obama (IL)
Robert Menendez (NJ)
Ben Cardin (MD)
Robert Casey (PA)
Jim Webb (VA)

Contact your senator - http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

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