CLEAN : Philippines welcomes South China Sea rulingv

On July 12, 2016, the Arbitral Tribunal, under the Permanent Court of Arbitration, issued an award concerning the South China Sea dispute initiated by the Philippines under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Experts are carefully studying the award, and there is a call for restraint and sobriety from all parties involved.

What is the main subject of the arbitration proceedings initiated by the Philippines?

• South China Sea

• East China Sea

• Yellow Sea

• Coral Sea

What call is made to those concerned in the text?

• To exercise restraint and sobriety

• To take immediate action

• To ignore the situation

• To escalate tensions