The Reagan administration and the law of the sea
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ocean Development & International Law
- Vol. 11 (3-4) , 297-320
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00908328209545699
Abstract
The Reagan Administration abruptly called for a “policy review”; of the entire Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea (DCLOS) on the eve of the Tenth Session of UNCLOS III in March 1981, and discharged most of the leading members of the U.S. delegation, including the chairman, Ambassador George Aldrich. Furthermore, the United States refused to actively participate in UNCLOS III until the policy review had been completed. The review was finally completed in late January 1982, and a forty‐three‐page list of reservations to the DCLOS was presented to the Eleventh Session of UNCLOS III in early March 1982. The outcome of the negotiations at the Eleventh Session were very much in doubt, with the United States and the Group of 77 taking equally firm and opposite positions in regard to deep seabed mining.Keywords
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