Bandow, Doug L. : Files, 1981-1982

Office of Policy Development: Special Assistant to the President

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This collection consists of four series: SERIES I: Law of the Sea Material; SERIES II: Subject File; SERIES III: Correspondence; SERIES IV: 1980 Campaign Material.

The arrangement for the Bandow collection has not been completed. Folder titles for the first series, the Law of the Sea convention indicate further archival actions to complete this arrangement. It is unclear at this time if these folder titles will be used.

This large first series contains material regarding the Law of the Sea Convention. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is an international agreement establishing a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities.

Consultations and negotiations for the third reworking of UNCLOS took place between 1973 and 1982. Conservatives and the Reagan campaign had made the case for adding control of seabed mining and establishing Exclusive Economic Zones offshore from nations. The United States did not persuade other countries to these positions and therefore did not sign the Convention. The United States did stay in accord with all the provisions of UNCLOS, just not Article XI, dealing with economic uses of the sea and seabed mining.

In 1994, Article XI was modified due to changes in the political climate in the world - the end of the Cold War, and the United States became a signer to the Law of the Sea Convention.

Doug Bandow had been the policy expert on this issue for the 1980 Reagan-Bush Campaign staff and he continued to be the policy expert within the new administration. It was an unusual arrangement as most UN related issues were previously handled by the State Department and policy staff at the National Security Council. Bandow appears to have worked closely with Ambassador James Malone, the Reagan Administration appointed ambassador to the UNCLOS negotiations.

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Series List

SERIES I: Law of the Sea Material (This Series arrangement will be completed at a later date)

SERIES II: SUBJECT FILE

SERIES III: CORRESPONDENCE

SERIES IV: 1980 Campaign Material

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2024-02-26

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