Russia, the U.S. and North Pole
Accuracy in Media has an important piece at their site which needs our attention. The title of it is The North Pole is Ours, Not Russia's.
Last week, Russia claimed ownership of the North Pole because they may or may not have placed a Russian flag on the ocean floor somewhere under the North Pole. As the above linked article points out, and the reader probably remembers, that it was the United States of America who first traveled beneath the North Pole via submarine.
A problem arises now within the State Department and the U.N., if in fact there is trouble on the horizon with Russia's "claim" on the North Pole.
Some within our State Department think that the best way to alleviate any possible dilemma between Russia and the U.S. is to fast tract the ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which would give authority over the oceans and ocean floors to the U.N.
That would not be a good thing!
Be sure to read the AIM article and do your homework on UNCLOS.
Last week, Russia claimed ownership of the North Pole because they may or may not have placed a Russian flag on the ocean floor somewhere under the North Pole. As the above linked article points out, and the reader probably remembers, that it was the United States of America who first traveled beneath the North Pole via submarine.
A problem arises now within the State Department and the U.N., if in fact there is trouble on the horizon with Russia's "claim" on the North Pole.
Some within our State Department think that the best way to alleviate any possible dilemma between Russia and the U.S. is to fast tract the ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which would give authority over the oceans and ocean floors to the U.N.
That would not be a good thing!
Be sure to read the AIM article and do your homework on UNCLOS.
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