Micro > THAT's Great news Zim! I did not know that.
I don't know about 'Great News' Boss.
So far Russia has been ignoring it.
Kind of like another 'world body' declaring Philippino Waters was Philippino waters . . . and China ignored that ruling as well.
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South China Sea dispute: what you need to know about The Hague court ruling
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/jul/12/south-china-sea-dispute-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-hague-court-ruling
Beijing asserts sweeping ownership in these contested waters. Now an international tribunal has ruled in favour of the Philippines in case over territorial control
What is happening?
An international tribunal in The Hague overwhelmingly backed the Philippines in a case on the disputed waters of the South China Sea, ruling that rocky outcrops claimed by China - some of which are exposed only at low tide – cannot be used as the basis of territorial claims. It said some of the waters in question are “within the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines, because those areas are not overlapped by any possible entitlement of China”. The tribunal furthermore found that China had violated the Philippines’ sovereign rights in those waters by interfering with its fishing and petroleum exploration and by constructing artificial islands.
Why is that important?
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(Article does continue. Zim.)
Mad Poet Strikes Again.
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