Sea Row Goes to UN Tribunal

摘要

The Philippines has taken China to a United Nations tribunal to challenge its claim to most of the South China Sea, including territory belonging to the archipelago. Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario told reporters on Jan 22, 2013 that Manila had referred Beijing to an arbitration panel under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea-a 1982 treaty signed by both countries which declares Chinese claims in the area invalid.