00:00The South China Sea arbitration is clear, consistent, and firm.
00:03They have no position.
00:04The arbitration violates fundamental principles of international law.
00:10So what you sign, unclosed, you mean violates international law.
00:14That's what you mean.
00:15The so-called award is illegal, null, and void.
00:18Reimples, I send a role.
00:21And then one of the most effective ways to respond to grey zone and coercion in South China Sea
00:27while preventing escalation into arms conflict.
00:33Firstly, I think, as we said, international norms exist in the world.
00:42And what can small states do?
00:44Small states can band together in like-minded coalitions and fora to gain consensus.
00:53It is only through consensus by a majority of states in the world
01:00who may feel that they have shared interests with the smaller and particularly the archipelagic states
01:10that international norms as they exist today can be enforced.
01:17First, I give the example of unclosed.
01:21Compliance with unclosed by the terms of the treaty itself is mandatory.
01:28Yet we see noncompliance by refusal to join arbitral proceedings,
01:34which is illegal under unclosed,
01:38and not recognizing the results of the same.
01:41So it's basically turning a state is turning its back on what it signed and what it fought for.
01:52And with this kind of hypocrisy that we are facing,
01:58we have to have a voice.
02:01There is no room for waffling in the face of this trampling upon fully debated and agreed upon norms.
02:15So for smaller states, there are two things.
02:18Number one, they must preserve their own survival
02:22and ensure the survival of their own future generations
02:27through arrangements such as ASEAN, for example,
02:33for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations,
02:36for our own internal survivals,
02:42our own multilateral cooperation between ASEAN states,
02:48and secondly, for those states that are threatened.
02:54We have to seek, naturally, coalitions with stronger partners.
03:02The law of gravity and the law of mass works in international law, unfortunately.
03:08Just like, I have a note here, I think this is from China.
03:20You should have joined the, and may I read it,
03:23China's position on the South China Sea arbitration is clear, consistent, and firm.
03:28They have no position.
03:29The arbitration violates fundamental principles of international law.
03:34So what you signed, UNCLOS, you mean, violates international law.
03:39That's what you mean.
03:40The so-called award is illegal, null, and void.
03:43So say you.
03:44And has no binding force, because you don't want to be subjected to UNCLOS.
03:50China neither accepts nor recognizes the award.
03:53Of course, because you lost.
03:55And opposes it and will never accept any claim or action arising from it.
04:01These are words slipped to me.
04:04And there is a legal principle called res ipsa locutur.
04:08The thing speaks for itself.
04:10How can you deal with a country in an international forum,
04:16beyond the question asked to me?
04:20Disrespecting the organizers of this forum,
04:23how do you expect to deal with it civilly?
04:27I ask you the question.
04:28Is this the right paper to pose to me when I'm being asked a question on the floor?
04:37And how will you treat this kind of behavior?
04:40It not only disrespects, shows.
04:42If this is a Chinese position sent to me,
04:47it not only disrespects international law,
04:53throwing UNCLOS to the floor and trampling upon it,
04:57but it also disrespects the basic decency accorded that should be accorded to our most gracious hosts,
05:04the Republic of Korea and the rest of the audience here.
05:07So, perhaps, basic decency and behavior is what China needs to do.
05:14Now, thank you very much.
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