30 July 2010, 10:57 am
Obama has issued an Executive Order that "adopts the recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force." The recommendations? http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/OPTF_FinalRecs.pdf The Task Force strongly and unanimously supports United States accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and ratification of its 1994 Implementing Agreement http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-stewardship-ocean-our-coasts-and-great-lakes Sec. 4. Establishment of National Ocean Council. (a) There is hereby established the National Ocean Council (Council). Sec. 6. Agency Responsibilities. (a) All executive departments, agencies, and offices that are members of the Council and any other executive department, agency, or office whose actions affect the ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes shall, to the fullest extent consistent with applicable law: * (i) take such action as necessary to implement the policy set forth in section 2 of this order and the stewardship principles and national priority objectives as set forth in the Final Recommendations and subsequent guidance from the Council; and SUMMARY: Obama has issued an Executive Order basically sneaking in a UN treaty. This EO creates a "National Ocean Council" - a new bureaucracy that has the authority to develop and implement policy in line with United Nations Agenda 21 on sustainable development. Whether you agree with the goal of these actions - do you believe the Executive branch of the United States government should have this kind of power? .... Read More »
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