Where in the World is the Philippines?
Debating Its National Territory
Publication Year: 2010
Published by: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
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3. The Territory of an Independent Nation
After the Philippines gained its independence from the United States on 4 July 1946, it continued to live under the 1935 Constitution, with its definition of the national territory. It did so until the promulgation by President Ferdinand E. Marcos of a new Constitution...

5. The South China Sea
The Treaty of Peace with Japan, signed in San Francisco on 8 September 1951, states in its Article 2, “Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Spratly Islands and to the Paracel Islands,” which Japanese forces occupied just before and during World War II and from which they launched attacks on other countries in the...

6. Philippine Maritime Jurisdiction and UNCLOS
On 11 November 1967, Arvid Pardo, Malta’s permanent representative to the United Nations, delivered a lengthy presentation to the First Committee (political and security) of the UN General Assembly. In that presentation, Malta, a small island...

7. What Next?
A December 1991 “roundtable” in the Philippines recommended, among other things, “The Philippines should resolve ambiguities in Philippine law and practice towards a clear-cut, consistent and well-grounded definition of our national territory and maritime boundaries.”1 As discussed in the previous chapters, although Manila...
Territorial Maps [Image Plates]
E-ISBN-13: 9789814311724
Print-ISBN-13: 9789814311717
Page Count: 132
Publication Year: 2010
Edition: 1
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