Settle sea dispute amicably, says UN chief

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the General Assembly, 22 January 2013, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who is following the South China Sea (also West Philippine Sea) dispute “carefully,” said it is important to resolve the territorial dispute between China and other Asian nations, including the Philippines, “in a peaceful and amicable way.” This statement comes after the Philippines announced it would ask an arbitration panel under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea — a 1982 treaty signed by both countries — to rule on China’s claims. Over the past two years, the Philippines has exhausted almost all political and diplomatic avenues for a peaceful negotiated settlement of its maritime dispute with China, stressed Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario.

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