The U.S. Military Targets and Destroys Alleged Narcotics Trafficking Vessels in the Southern Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean, Killing Nearly All of Their Crew

decision, which we feel goes against the host country treaty."37 Subsequently, at a meeting of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country, the UN legal counsel stated that she had raised the issue of "entry visas for representatives of the State of Palestine" in a meeting with the legal adviser to the secretary of state and "that this was a serious matter which directly concerned the obligations accepted by the host country in the Headquarters Agreement."38 She further explained that "she had raised [with the legal adviser] the legal obligations of the host country and that the legal position of the Secretariat regarding the host country's obligations with respect to the issuance of visas, or the application of travel restrictions, to persons covered by the Headquarters Agreement remained unchanged from those provided by her predecessors."39 Despite the entreaties of the legal counsel and many states, the United States refused to alter its decision and the Palestinian delegation led by President Abbas was not permitted to attend the General Assembly meetings in person. USE OF FORCE, ARMS CONTROL, AND NON-PROLIFERATIONThe U.S. Military Targets and Destroys Alleged Narcotics Trafficking Vessels in the Southern Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean, Killing Nearly All of Their Crew doi:10.1017/ajil.2025.10145At the direction of the president, the U.S. military has initiated a coordinated campaign against alleged narcotics trafficking vessels in international waters in the southern Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean, targeting and destroying speedboats and submarines and killing nearly all of their crew. 1 The vessels, according to the administration, were affiliated 37 UN Press Release, Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General (Sept.8,