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WEST PHILIPPINE SEA
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Key Findings of the Award of 12 July 2016
in the South China Sea Arbitration
(Philippines v. China)

States Supporting and
Positively Acknowledging the Arbitration Award

States Supporting the Award

States Positively Acknowledging the Award

Breaking Waves seeks to disseminate information and address misconceptions on key Philippine maritime and territorial concerns.

Maritime Limits of the Philippines

Source: Henry S. Bensurto, Commission on Maritime and Ocean Affairs Secretariat (CMOAS), 2013.

Photos of the Arbitration

"China has pursued its activities in these disputed maritime areas with overwhelming force.
The Philippines can only counter by invoking international law."

DFA Secretary Albert del Rosario speech on the maritime dispute case between the Philippines and China in the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal

In respectful memory of the late

Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert F. del Rosario, Sr. †

(14 November 1939 – 18 April 2023).