PH files UN claim to extend continental shelf in WPS

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The Philippines has formally asked the United Nations to register its extended continental shelf in the Western Palawan region in the West Philippine Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday.

Alferez said the submission would also help secure the Philippines’ sovereign rights and maritime jurisdictions in the West Philippine Sea, noting that the 2016 Arbitral Ruling confirmed the country’s maritime entitlements and rejected those that exceeded geographic and substantive limits under UNCLOS.

Alferez clarified the submission does not prejudice discussions with relevant coastal states that may have legitimate ECS claims measured from their respective lawful baselines under UNCLOS.

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