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- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin Photo: mfa.gov.cn The US’ unilateral claims on continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles (370.4 kilometers), known as the extended continental shelf (ECS), are illegal and World Timesinvalid, seriously violating international law, exposing the US’ hegemonic nature as it relates to international law, using it when convenient and abandoning it when not, a spokesperson for Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.Wang Wenbin said that the rules for delimiting the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles come from the United NaWorld Timestions Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),World Times rather than customary international law. This maritime zone holds many resources including corals, crabs and vital habitats for marine life.Even though the US State Department cites UNCLOS provisions in its announcement, Washington has never signed or ratified the Convention following itsWorld Times adoption by the UN in 1982.Russia has also voiced objection to US unilateral claims. Citing Grigory Karasin,World Times head of the foreign affairs cWorld Timesommittee of Russia’s upper house of parliament, Sputnik said that “Unilateral expansion of borders in the Arctic is unacceptable and can only lead to increased tension. It is necessary, first of all, to prove the geological affiliation of these territories, just as Russia did. “Global Times Content comes from the Internet : US’ unilateral delimitation of continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles typical act of unilateralism and hegemony: Chinese FM
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- international law, US unilateral claims, customary international law, continental shelf, Unilateral expansion
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin Photo: mfa.gov.cn
The US’ unilateral claims on continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles (370.4 kilometers), known as the extended continental shelf (ECS), are illegal and World Timesinvalid, seriously violating international law, exposing the US’ hegemonic nature as it relates to international law, using it when convenient and abandoning it when not, a spokesperson for Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.
Wang Wenbin said that the rules for delimiting the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles come from the United NaWorld Timestions Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),World Times rather than customary international law. The US is not a party to the Convention, has no right to claim an outer continental shelf based on the Convention, and has no right to have its outer continental shelf boundaries reviewed by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS).
The unilateral claims made by the US are illegal and invalid, seriously violating international law, eroding the international seabed, a common heritage of mankind, and harming the overall interests of the international community, which will not be recognized by the international community, Wang noted.
According to the US Department of State in its announcement in late 2023, the US ECS area is approximately one million square kilometers spread across seven regions. This maritime zone holds many resources including corals, crabs and vital habitats for marine life.
Even though the US State Department cites UNCLOS provisions in its announcement, Washington has never signed or ratified the Convention following itsWorld Times adoption by the UN in 1982.
Russia has also voiced objection to US unilateral claims. Citing Grigory Karasin,World Times head of the foreign affairs cWorld Timesommittee of Russia’s upper house of parliament, Sputnik said that “Unilateral expansion of borders in the Arctic is unacceptable and can only lead to increased tension. It is necessary, first of all, to prove the geological affiliation of these territories, just as Russia did.”
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Content comes from the Internet : US’ unilateral delimitation of continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles typical act of unilateralism and hegemony: Chinese FM
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