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Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

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1997

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Shrinking Water Resources: The National Security Issue Of This Century, Niveen Tadros Jan 1997

Shrinking Water Resources: The National Security Issue Of This Century, Niveen Tadros

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

There are several places in the world where war could erupt over a dwindling supply of clean water from shared water resources. As one nation after another finds itself reaching its water resource limits, the potential for conflict among them intensifies. Add to already scarce reserves pollution of the water source, and the global picture appears more menacing. In fact, public health officials attribute al- most 80% of illnesses in developing countries to contaminated water;' the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) reports that more than 35,000 children all over the world die every day from hunger or disease caused …


Gunboat Diplomacy In The Northwest Atlantic: The 1995 Canada-Eu Fishing Dispute And The United Nations Agreement On Straddling And High Migratory Fish Stocks, Derrick M. Kedziora Jan 1997

Gunboat Diplomacy In The Northwest Atlantic: The 1995 Canada-Eu Fishing Dispute And The United Nations Agreement On Straddling And High Migratory Fish Stocks, Derrick M. Kedziora

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

In March 1995, Canadian gunboats seized and impounded a Spanish fishing trawler and cut the nets of another Spanish boat for alleged violations of international quotas and regulations governing the fishing of Greenland Halibut in the international waters of the North Atlantic.1 Spain and the European Union (EU) responded by alleging that the Canadians violated international law and committed an act of piracy by seizing a foreign ship in international waters.2 The EU threatened to impose economic sanctions against Canada, and the Spanish government responded by sending its own gunboats into the North Atlantic.3 The stage was set for a …