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UN's law of the sea caper. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
"A group of ocean mappers at the University of New Brunswick is redrawing the world's oceans under new rules set by the United Nations, divvying up trillions of dollars worth of natural resources in huge chunks of the sea floor," according to a January 29th CBC report. "Countries have six years to make the case for where their boundaries should be, creating what UNB mapper David Monahan calls the largest land grab in human history."
The sea floor is home to one-fifth of the world's oil and gas reserves, vast mineral wealth, and a bounty of other resources (such as frozen methane) presently unexploitable. The UN Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), notes Aaron Danzig, former chairman of the Law of the Sea Committee of the World Peace Through Law Center, "was prompted in part by the discovery that vast riches of manganese, cobalt, nickel and copper lie in the seabed. It was ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 26, 2000 700+ words
...for the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious...Spiritual Leaders of the United Nations. Five prominent leaders...historic Millennium World Peace Summit marks the first...convened en masse at the United Nations to dialogue about peace...
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- Magazine article from: International Journal of Humanities and Peace Singh, Karan January 1, 2001 700+ words
...August 2000- Secretary General of the United Nations Mr Kofi Annan, respected religious...spiritual leaders gathered in this historic United Nations General Assembly Hall, Secretary General...gathered here in this historic hall of the United Nations are representatives from ...
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...before. A forum was created-the United Nations-where all nations could join...and disease. Redefining the United Nations In the twenty-first century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more...
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- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin November 1, 2005 700+ words
...founding of the United Nations. Its founding...lasting and genuine world peace. Winston Churchill...instead, wrote "United Nations," thus the...General of the United Nations, none other...the cause of world peace and development...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 14, 1988 700+ words
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- New organisation for harmony and world peace.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. November 11, 2005 700+ words
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- Netherlands calls Iranian nuclear issue major challenge to world peace
- News wire article from: Xinhua News Agency September 26, 2009 700+ words
...calls Iranian nuclear issue major challenge to world peace UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Netherlands on...Post reported Wednesday. The five permanent United Nations Security Council members plus Germany are set...
- Billy Graham commends United Nations on U.N. Day.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 24, 1988 700+ words
...people can have an influence on world peace. "Be sure that you have the...students on the subject of world peace. McMaster University is an...a degree in the studies of world peace. Of the United Nations, Graham said, "I think we...