Manila [Philippines], April 14 (ANI): At the latest round of ASEAN-China Code of Conduct (COC) negotiations in Manila, the Philippines strongly urged strict adherence to international law, particularly the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award.
On July 12, 2016, an Arbitral Tribunal, constituted under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), made a unanimous, clear, and binding ruling in the South China S