KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- Australia and the European Union (EU) have stressed that the proposed South China Sea Code of Conduct must fully respect the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and must not undermine the maritime rights of claimant states or third parties.
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- Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia Danielle Heinecke told the 9th Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) South China Sea Conference 2026 here on Wednesday that the code must not diminish the rights provided under UNCLOS, whether for claimant states or third parties.
- “The South China Sea provides a test of whether all states, regardless of their size or power, can exercise their rights under international law,” she said.
- ASEAN and China have been negotiating the Code of Conduct to establish guidelines for conduct in the South China Sea, where several countries have overlapping claims.
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