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Vietnam reaffirms importance of freedom of navigation, overflight in East Sea
Vietnam reaffirms importance of freedom of navigation, overflight in East Sea
Vietnam has affirmed the necessity for maintaining peace,
security, and freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea while
attending the 32nd Meeting of States Parties to the 1982 UN Convention on the
Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The meeting, taking place at the UN headquarters in New York from June 13 to
17, looked into reports by the agencies set up under UNCLOS such as the
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the Commission on the
Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) and the International Seabed Authority,
along with procedural, budgetary, and personnel affairs of these bodies. It
also elected CLCS members.
Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN,
reaffirmed that UNCLOS, as the “constitution of the oceans”, is the legal
framework for all activities in the oceans and seas and also the only legal
foundation for comprehensively and fully identifying the scope of countries’
rights to sea areas.
With regard to the East Sea issue, he held that peace and
development of the region and international community are connected with the
maintenance of peace, security, and freedom of navigation and overflight in
the waters.
Stressing the importance of fully and comprehensively implementing the
Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), Giang appealed for
all disputes to be resolved by peaceful means, on the basis of international
law, including the UN Charter and UNCLOS, with respect for diplomatic and legal
processes, and without use of force or threat to use force.
He also informed about the progress of the negotiation on a
code of conduct (COC) in the East Sea.
The diplomat shared the view on the sea-related challenges pointed out in the
UN Secretary-General’s report, especially the COVID-19 pandemic’s negative
impacts on ocean issues, including the worsening of many existing or emerging
maritime issues like marine biodiversity, migration, and climate change.
Given this, he emphasised that international cooperation on the basis of UNCLOS holds
great importance to coping with these challenges.
In his remarks, Giang also highlighted Vietnam’s viewpoint that when working
out solutions to challenges, it is necessary to pay due attention to capacity,
technology transfer, and financial assistance for developing countries, and
that Vietnam supports the UN’s initiatives on promoting the use of science and
techniques to use the oceans sustainably.
At the June 16 discussion on the UN Secretary-General’s report on issues
related to the seas and oceans, UN agencies’ activities, and international
cooperation last year, participants underlined the request for adhering to
UNCLOS, enhancing regional and international cooperation in sea and
ocean-related issues, responding to such challenges as marine pollution and
climate change, and contributing to the realisation of Sustainable Development
Goal 14 on conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine
resources.
Taking effect on November 16, 1994, UNCLOS has been ratified by 168 states and
international organisations. Fourteen other states have signed but yet to
ratify the convention./.
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Leaders of the 10 ASEAN member states and partner countries have reaffirmed the importance of maintaining peace, stability and security in the East Sea, internationally known as South China Sea.
We need to reaffirm the importance of the peaceful resolution of disputes and the maintenance of peace, stability, security and freedom of navigation in and over-flight in the South China Sea.
The 1982 UNCLOS is a comprehensive framework that regulates all activities in the oceans and seas, helping to guarantee safety, security, and freedom of navigation, maintain international peace and security.
Vietnam’s efforts to promote negotiations on maritime border demarcation with regional countries, the marine environment protection, and bilateral and multilateral cooperation in maintaining maritime security.
The maintenance of peace, security, stability, safety, and freedom of navigation in the sea is critical to regional and international peace and development.
All relevant parties to exercise self-restraint; not conduct militarisation or military activities complicating the situation, escalating disputes, and affecting safety and security of navigation and overflight in the East Sea which may threaten regional peace and stability; while fully implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea.
We reaffirmed the need to enhance mutual trust and confidence, exercise self-restraint in the conduct of activities that would complicate or escalate disputesand affect peace and stability, and avoid actions that may furthercomplicate the situation.
We emphasised the importance of non-militarisation and self-restraint in the conduct of all activities by claimants and all other states, including those mentioned in the 2002 Declaration on the Conductof Parties in the South China Sea (DOC).
Yes, we warmly welcomed the continuously improving cooperation between ASEAN and China, and were encouraged by the progress of the substantive negotiations towards the early conclusion of an effectiveand substantive Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC) consistent with international law, including the 1982 UNCLOS, within a mutually-agreed timeline.
We should stress the importance of undertaking confidence building and preventive measures to enhance, among others, trust and confidence amongst parties, and we reaffirmed the importance of upholding international law, including the 1982 UNCLOS.
Vietnam demands China respect Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa archipelago, sovereign right, and jurisdiction over Vietnam’s sea areas when implementing measures for conserving fisheries resources in the East Sea.
I hope that amid many common maritime challenges facing the international community, the group will continue developing and contributing more to the world’s joint efforts in response to those challenges.
UNCLOS is a comprehensive document that regulates all activities on seas and oceans and is a framework for international, regional, and national cooperation in maritime issues.
Vietnam welcomes the group’s activities and expressed his hope that it will further bring into play its role at forums on maritime issues and help with ocean governance, the realisation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 on conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources, the maintenance of legal order for seas and oceans, and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
I think that issues relevant to seas and oceans are attracting more attention from the international community.
With a large number of members from their regions, the group will create an open and friendly forum for countries to discuss not only maritime issues but also others of common concern, thereby contributing to the full implementation of UNCLOS and SPLOS’s activities.
Vietnam once again asserts that it has sufficient legal grounds and historical evidence affirming its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.
Vietnam’s consistent viewpoints that the country always wishes to maintain and consolidate its good cooperative ties with countries worldwide, and that cooperation between countries should benefit peace, security, stability and prosperity in the region and the world.
All parties must commit to the peaceful resolution of disputes, including full respect for legal and diplomatic processes, without resorting to the threat or use of force, in accordance with the universally recognized principles of international law, including UNCLOS.
I reject China’s claims to historic rights and China’s grouping of dispersed land features in the South China Sea into one unit, the professor said, noting that ASEAN has never stated this publicly.
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