Vietnam reaffirms importance of 1982 UNCLOS, especially in South China Sea issue

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý giving a speech at the 31st Meeting of the States Parties to the 1982 UNCLOS. — VNA/VNS

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): The 31st Meeting of the States Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) took place at the UN headquarters in New York from June 21 to 25.

The event looked into the reports by the bodies established under the convention such as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, and the International Seabed Authority, along with their procedural, budgetary, and personnel affairs.