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> The US is a signatory of the UNCLOS. No. It is not.
by torstenvl 6y ago
> The US is a signatory of the UNCLOS.
No. It is not.
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- SiempreViernes 6y agoIt's signed an agreement relating to a bit of the 1982 version: https://www.un.org/Depts/los/reference_files/UNCLOS%20Status%20table_ENG.pdf https://www.un.org/Depts/los/reference_files/UNCLOS%20Status... And it signed the first one in 1958.
- dragonwriter 6y agoThat’s correct. Had I not mossed the edit window, I would have updated the grandparent: the US has a more complicated relationship with UNCLOS. In short: it didn’t sign because of objections to Part XI, signed an Agreement regarding implementation of Part XI that it cannot formally accede to without acceding to the Convention, hasn't acceded to either, and is arguably (given the incorporation of the Convention’s purposes in the Agreement) in a generally similar position to a non-ratifying signatory of the Convention by virtue of being such with respect to the Agreement.