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Senate Resolution No. 718 – CONDEMNING THE CONTINUED HARASSMENT OF FILIPINO FISHERMEN IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

RESOLUTION STRONGLY CONDEMNING THE CONTINUED HARASSMENT OF FILIPINO FISHERMEN AND THE PERSISTENT INCURSIONS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA BY THE CHINESE COAST GUARD AND MILITIA VESSELS, AND URGING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN ASSERTING AND SECURING THE PHILIPPINES' SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OVER ITS EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AND CONTINENTAL SHELF, AND TO CALL ON CHINA TO STOP ITS ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA AND THE 2016 RULING OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION