Philippine Daily-June 30

In last week’s online summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, President Duterte called on countries with competing claims in the South China Sea to “refrain from escalating tensions and abide by responsibilities under international law, notably the 1982 UNCLOS or the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.” Noting “alarming incidents in the South China Sea,’’ Mr. Duterte urged “all parties to adhere to the rule of law and to their commitments to international instruments, including the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea.’’

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