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Philippines to UN: Reaffirm UNCLOS as oceans charter

By Michael Punongbayan

The Philippines, in time for next months’ 10th anniversary of the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award, has called on members of the United Nations and the international community to reaffirm the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as the constitution that governs the oceans of the world.