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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