UN, Law of the Sea, & other multinational organizations

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Political GeographySUPERNATIONALISM

General-purpose supernational organizations• UN• Economic assistance organizations• Military alliances

Pro-trade supernational organizations

Retrieved September 13, 2010: http://www.un.org/en/

International Law of the Sea

International Law of the Sea• Nautical mile

• 1/60 of one degree of arc on the Earth’s surface

• = 1.15 statute miles• Knot = 1 nautical mile / hour

• Territorial sea• Innocent passage• Continental shelf• Resources?

• Resources?• Petroleum• Fish• Mineral nodules

• Passage• United Nations Conference on the Law of the

Sea (UNCLOS)

Australian Geological Survey. Retrieved 2/20/06: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/1998-99/99rp06-2.gif

American Museum of Natural History. Continental shelf. Retrieved 2/21/06: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/ocean/02_ecosystems/map7.php?page=02g1_continental&map=07

Perry-Castañeda LibraryMap Collection. Retrieved 2/13/06: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/middleamerica.jpg

• United national conference on the law of the sea (UNCLOS)

• Territorial sea (12 nm)• Exclusive Economic zone (EEZ: 200 nm)• Islands• High seas• Landlocked countries• Piracy

Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport. Retrieved 2/20/06: http://www.mlit.go.jp/english/white-paper/unyu-whitepaper/1996/image/1996_p0_top13.jpg

Centers for Disease Control. Retrieved 2/21/06: www.cdc.gov/travel/temsam.htm

Retrieved 2/21/06: www.kkn.net/~k5tr/vp8/

Retrieved 2/21/06: http://mark.excogito.org/Mediterranean%20Map.gif

National Intelligence Council. Law of the Sea: the End Game. Retrieved 2/20/06: http://www.cia.gov/nic/PDF_GIF_otherprod/endgame/738527.gif

Johnson, Barbara, and Mark Zache. Retrieved 2/20/06: http://www.wordplay.com/wordplay/books/0774800763.html

Page, Jeremy. Beijing’s Claims of South China Sea Support May Not Hold Water. WSJ. June 17: http://www.wsj.com/articles/beijings-claims-of-south-china-sea-support-may-not-hold-water-1466138014

WSJ December 19, 2006 PAGE ONE

Choke PointsAs Threats to Oil Supply Grow,A General Says U.S. Isn't ReadyWald, Now Retired, Seeks HelpFrom Allies in DefendingCaspian Line, Africa CoastPondering Doomsday ScenarioBy CHIP CUMMINSDecember 19, 2006; Page A1

PiracyEngland's Royal Navy attack Somali pirates. The Daily Skew. September 7,

2009: http://skew.dailyskew.com/2008/11/englands-royal-navy-attack-somali.html

• Other Intergovernmental Organizations• Military alliances

• Warsaw Pact• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Maps of the World. Retrieved 1/30/06

Retrieved September 13, 2010: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/index.htm

Retrieved September 13, 2010: http://www.worldbank.org/

Retrieved September 13, 2010: ttp://www.imf.org/external/index.htm

Retrieved September 13, 2010: http://www.oas.org/en/default.asp

National Geographic. Retrieved 1/31/06: http://www.amaps.com/images/NGAmericas.jpg

Retrieved September 13, 2010: Http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/index/index.htm