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1111--01/25/02 Embassy of Afghanistan Flag Raising Ceremony ... [Read More]
Accession to the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and Ratification of the 1994 Agreement Amending Part XI of the Law of the Sea Convention
The Convention adversely affects activities to be undertaken pursuant to the Proliferation Security Initiative. On the contrary, joining the Convention would strengthen PSI efforts. PSI’s own rules require that PSI activities be consistent with relevant international law and frameworks, which include the Convention’s navigation provisions. The Statement of Interdiction Principles pursuant to which the PSI operates explicitly specifies that interdiction activities under PSI will be undertaken “consistent with national legal authorities and relevant international law and frameworks.” The relevant international law framework for PSI includes customary international law that is codified in the Law of the Sea Convention. The Convention provides solid legal bases for taking enforcement action against vessels and aircraft suspected of engaging in proliferation of WMD, e.g., exclusive port and coastal State jurisdiction in internal waters and national airspace; coast ... [Read More]
Embassy of the United States in Manila :: Joint US Military Assistance Group
Merchant Marine: total: 459 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,653,062 GRT/8,512,326 DWT. Ships by type: bulk 149, cargo 123, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 10, container 5, liquefied gas 13, livestock carrier 10, passenger 4, passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker 42, refrigerated cargo 21, roll/roll off 17, short-sea passenger 31, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 16. (Note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Cyprus 1, Denmark 1, Hong Kong 5, Japan 14, Netherlands 1, Singapore 1, UK 1 – 2000 Est.) ... [Read More]
United Kingdom Treaty
(2) The flag of the sending state and its consular flag may be flown at the consulate. A consular officer may also place the coat-of-arms or device and fly the flag of the sending state and its consular flag on the vehicles, marine vessels and aircraft which he employs in the exercise of his duties. On suitable occasions these flags may also be flown at the consular officer's residence. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Bush Administration Urges Senate Approval of Sea Treaty
* The Convention provides solid legal bases for taking enforcement action against vessels and aircraft suspected of engaging in proliferation of WMD, e.g., exclusive port and coastal State jurisdiction in internal waters and national airspace; coastal State jurisdiction in the territorial sea and contiguous zone; exclusive flag State jurisdiction over vessels on the high seas (which the flag State may, by agreement, waive in favor of other States); and universal jurisdiction over stateless vessels. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: U.S. Export-Import Bank Seeks Partnerships with ASEAN
Like other ASEAN countries, Indonesia's flag carrier, P.T. Garuda Indonesia, has used Ex-Im financing to buy a number of Boeing aircraft in the last few years. ... Ex-Im Bank has supported the export of 10 wide-body Boeing aircraft to Thailand's government-owned flag carrier, Thai Airways International, in the last few years. ... [Read More]
Daily Press Briefing -- September 10 Transcript
QUESTION: Any reaction by the State Department to Saddam Hussein's statements and bellicose words concerning the United States and Israel? And also there were protests in Gaza where an American flag was trampled and it was a pro-Iraqi type of rally. ... [Read More]
2002
1111--01/28/02 Remarks at Afghan Embassy Flag-Raising Ceremony ; Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Washington, DC ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: State Department Noon Briefing, September 10, 2002
QUESTION: Any reaction by the State Department to Saddam Hussein's statements and bellicose words concerning the United States and Israel? And also there were protests in Gaza where an American flag was trampled and it was a pro-Iraqi type of rally. ... [Read More]
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