{"id":269542,"date":"2020-09-23T00:50:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T04:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=269542"},"modified":"2020-09-23T00:50:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T04:50:42","slug":"duterte-affirms-arbitral-ruling-on-scs-before-un-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/23\/duterte-affirms-arbitral-ruling-on-scs-before-un-general-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte affirms arbitral ruling on SCS before UN General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Duterte added that the PCA\u2019s ruling \u201cis now part of international law, beyond compromise and beyond the reach of passing governments to dilute, diminish or abandon.\u201d (File: KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte affirmed the Permanent Court of Arbitration\u2019s (PCA) ruling in favor of the Philippines\u2019 arbitration case against China\u2019s expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea (SCS) before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).<\/p>\n

In his pre-recorded speech delivered from Malaca\u00f1ang Palace, Duterte, during the 75th Session of the General Assembly in New York early Wednesday (Manila time), encouraged fellow UN member states to \u201cremain mindful\u201d of their obligations and commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and as amplified by the 1982 Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes.<\/p>\n

“The Philippines affirms that commitment in the South China Sea in accordance with UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) and the 2016 Arbitral Award,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte added that the PCA\u2019s ruling \u201cis now part of international law, beyond compromise and beyond the reach of passing governments to dilute, diminish or abandon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe firmly reject attempts to undermine it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President also welcomed the increasing number of states that have come in support of the award \u201cand what it stands for \u2013 the triumph of reason over rashness, of law over disorder, of amity over ambition. This \u2013 as it should \u2013 is the majesty of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duterte was referring to the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, which last September 16 submitted a joint note verbale to the UN, challenging the legality of China\u2019s so-called nine-dash line that covers nearly the entire South China Sea.<\/p>\n

The three countries, which are all state parties to the UNCLOS, said China\u2019s exercise of \u201chistoric rights\u201d over the disputed South China Sea does not comply with international law and UNCLOS provisions.<\/p>\n

They cited the UN-backed PCA\u2019s ruling on July 12, 2016, in favor of the Philippines\u2019 arbitration case filed in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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