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The senator, known for his anti-Russian statements, urged the U.S. authorities to join the struggle for the polar oil and gas resources by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Lugar said the convention had been adopted in Cold War times to protect national interests against the Soviet Union and aggressively developing countries. If ratified, the document will grant Washington control over the vast energy and fish wealth lying 200 miles off the American coast, he said.

RIA Novosti - World - U.S. Senator Lugar says Russia wants Arctic energy reserves


So the Law of the Sea was even never ratified by the US Sanate? That's interesting.....
Does anyone know if it WAS ratified?