The resolution also listed options that the Philippine government may undertake to assert and secure the country’s sovereign rights over its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, namely: READ MORE:
The resolution also listed options that the Philippine government may undertake to assert and secure the country’s sovereign rights over its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, namely:
– Engaging like-minded countries in various international organizations, meetings, and other fora to call on China to respect the Hague Ruling and the UNCLOS; Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said the adopted resolution was not a “watered down” version of the original sponsored by Senator Risa Hontiveros which called for the filing of a resolution before the UNGA.
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