Philippines asserts rights to South China Sea resources with international filing


MANILA (Bloomberg): The Philippines asserted its exclusive rights to South China Sea resources off its western coast with an official filing before a United Nations commission.

The Department of Foreign Affairs said the country submitted information to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, registering entitlement to an extended continental shelf in the Western Palawan region in the disputed sea.

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