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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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108TH CONGRESS ExEc. RPT.
2nd Session SENATE 108-10
UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW
OF THE SEA
MARCH 11, 2004
Mr. LUGAR from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany Treaty Doc. 103-39]
The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Agree-
ment Relating to the Implementation of Part XI on the United Na-
tions Convention on the Law of the Sea, with Annex (Treaty Doc.
103-39), having considered the same reports favorably thereon
with declarations and understandings as indicated in the resolution
of advice and consent, and recommends that the Senate give its ad-
vice and consent to accession to the Convention and ratification of
the Agreement as set forth in this report and the accompanying
resolution of advice and consent to ratification.
CONTENTS
Page
I. P u rpose ........................................................................................................... 1
II. B ackground .................................................................................................... 2
III. Summary of Key Provisions of the Convention and Implementing Agree-
m ent ............................................................................................................ 2
IV. Im plem enting Legislation ............................................................................. 6
V . Com m ittee Action .......................................................................................... 6
VI. Committee Recommendation and Comments ............................................. 6
VII. Text of Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification .......................... 16
VIII. Annex I-Letter from State Department Legal Adviser William H. Taft,
IV to Chairman Lugar, dated March 1, 2004 .......................................... 22
IX. Annex II-Hearings on the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea
(Treaty Doc. 103-39), October 14 and 21, 2003 ....................................... 23
I. PURPOSE
The Convention, together with the related Agreement on Imple-
menting Part XI of the Convention, establishes a comprehensive
set of rules governing the uses of the world's oceans, including the
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