THE Chinese Embassy in Manila confirmed on Friday that China has submitted a statement and relevant charts of the baselines of Scarborough Shoal (Huangyan Dao) in the South China Sea to assert its claim to the area.
THE Chinese Embassy in Manila confirmed on Friday that China has submitted a statement and relevant charts of the baselines of Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea to assert its claim to the area.A baseline under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is a line that runs along the coast of a country or an island, from which the extent of the territorial sea and other maritime zones, such as the exclusive economic zone and extended continental shelf, are measured.
'In line with Unclos, the Philippines this year enacted two historic laws: the Philippine Maritime Zones Act and the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act,' he said.
Submits Baseline Territorial Charts To UN
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