Hearings: Law of the Sea Convention

As anticipated, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a hearing on the Law of the Sea Convention for Thursday, September 27. The witnesses will be Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, and Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Patrick M. Walsh. The Committee's announcement also notes that an "additional hearing on the Convention will be held in October with non-governmental witnesses, at which time proponents and opponents, as well as ocean industry representatives, will be invited to testify."