Continental Shelf is Manila’s New Front in South China Sea Dispute

The Philippines keep its claims alive in recent filing to the UN

Aug 20, 2026

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By Tita C. Valderama

Image from Institute for Maritime and Ocean Affairs

The Philippines is taking another legal and diplomatic step to assert its maritime rights in the West Philippine Sea, asking a United Nations commission to consider the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award as it reviews Manila’s claim to an extended continental shelf (ECS) off western…

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