"The claimant stated," one says, "that his cousin, who was Jewish, was sent to Auschwitz in May 1944 and that because he had a hunched back, he was sent to the crematorium upon arrival".
Additionally, Claimant stated that he would not participate in the expungement hearing other than to provide the aforementioned response.
If the claimant states its interest in the property to be as bailee, the bailor must be identified.
They, or a majority of them, shall be authorized, under such regulations as the Congress of the United States may prescribe, to hear, examine and decide on all questions touching the legality and validity of said claims, and shall, when a claim is allowed, issue a certificate to the claimant, stating the amount, distinguishing principal from interest.
"So it is better for the United States to leave the dispute to be sorted out between the claimant states".
It dwarfs what the other claimant states have done, and the size of the land reclamation does raise questions about its purpose," Richardson said.
"Regarding the role of the United States in this, the United States is not a claimant state to the dispute," the vice foreign minister, Cui Tiankai, told reporters on Wednesday.
The United States, which shares the concerns of the smaller claimant states about China's rising military might, called China's deployment of the rig "provocative".
From 1934 to 1968 the state was deemed to be a "claimant state" – a position only Tasmania also held for that entire period.
Moreover, the re-engagement of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region "means we will have obstacles in solving the South China Sea questions between China and the relevant claimant states".
"The United States and Asean have a common responsibility to ensure the maritime safety of critical global sea lanes and ports," Kerry told Asean foreign ministers, including those from claimant states Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, on the sidelines of an annual regional security forum held in Burma.
