{"id":63715,"date":"2015-10-27T05:50:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T10:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=63715"},"modified":"2025-01-29T01:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T06:11:43","slug":"ph-and-chinas-dispute-on-territorial-claims-now-global-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/27\/ph-and-chinas-dispute-on-territorial-claims-now-global-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"PH and China\u2019s dispute on territorial claims, now global concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">MANILA, PHILIPPINES &#8211; The dispute between the developments in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea, have become a global concern.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy prednisolone online <a href=\"http:\/\/francisholisticmedicalcenter.com\/services\/html\/prednisolone.html\">http:\/\/francisholisticmedicalcenter.com\/services\/html\/prednisolone.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, together with the Philippine officials, are keeping their attention to the issue that became a global concern, including the massive sovereignty of China to almost over entire West Philippine Sea.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy fildena online <a href=\"http:\/\/francisholisticmedicalcenter.com\/services\/html\/fildena.html\">http:\/\/francisholisticmedicalcenter.com\/services\/html\/fildena.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ambassador Lourdes Yparraguirre, Philippine permanent representative to the UN, addressed to the Legal Committee of the UN General Assembly last Oct. 16 the root cause of the dispute was the \u201cindisputable sovereignty\u201d claim of China over the 90% of the South China Sea, also called the nine-dash line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe so-called nine-dash line is an excessive and expansive claim, and does not have legitimacy under international law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),\u201d Yparraguirre said in a report by Pia Lee-Bargo of The Philippine Star.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lipitor online <a href=\"http:\/\/francisholisticmedicalcenter.com\/services\/html\/lipitor.html\">http:\/\/francisholisticmedicalcenter.com\/services\/html\/lipitor.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Yparraguirre also highlighted the achievement of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the multilateral treaty process with the United Nations (UN), and having Philippines\u2019 total commitment to its peaceful approach to the resolution of maritime disputes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ambassador Lourdes added in the report that maritime and territorial claims should not be asserted through intimidation, coercion or force, including through massive, large-scale ocean filling or reclamation or illegally creating artificial islands in the high seas and in the exclusive economic zone of another coastal state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Ambassador also said that China\u2019s establishment activities in the West Philippine Sea have destroyed coral reefs and marine ecosystem, which violated the mandate to protect the marine environment under Articles 192 and 194 of UNCLOS.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, PHILIPPINES &#8211; 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