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7/14/2016

Topic Reading-Vol.1555-7/14/2016

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
South China Sea: China defiant as tribunal backs Philippines
Another loss to China. The Permanent Court of Arbitration judged that China has no historic evidence to justify the ownership of the disputed South China Sea under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
China immediately and defiantly dismissed the judgement and said they would never abide by the distorted ruling.
China is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and signed the UN convention on the law. Does a permanent member have veto power over any ruling just like they do at the Security Council?
It seems like a more obvious violation of an international treaty than the invasion to Crimea by Russia,  another permanent member of the council
Enjoy reading and thinking if any country has a privilege to veto or deny internationally recognized decision or ruling.


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