The use of legal and historical evidence in line with international lawto solve sovereignty disputes related to Hoang Sa (Paracel) and TruongSa (Spratly) archipelago is important to maintaining peace, stabilityand ensuring free navigation in the East Sea.
This wasaffirmed by many domestic and foreign researchers, attending the “HoangSa-Truong Sa: Historical Truth” international conference held in thecentral city of Da Nang on June 20.
All acts of deliberate use offorce by any countries to cause insecurity and violate sovereignty andterritory of other countries with an intention of monopolising the EastSea is unacceptable, they said.
Participants said that China’sact of using force to invade Hoang Sa archipelago in 1974 andillegally occupy several islands in Truong Sa archipelago in1988 violated international law and the United Nations Charter.
Manyalso criticised China’s unlawful “nine-dash line” claim in the EastSea, which was promulgated in 2009, saying that this is extremely vagueand totally illegal, and runs counter to provisions of internationallaw and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982UNCLOS), causing instability and tensions in the sea.
Theyalso called on concerned countries to determine their waters in linewith the provision in the 1982 UNCLOS, and take it as a basis to settledisputes in the East Sea.
Participants focused on analysinghistorical and legal evidence on sovereignty over Hoang Sa and TruongSa archipelagoes, statements on Vietnam’s history on the archipelagosas well as Vietnam’s acts to safeguard the country’s sovereignty inaccordance with international law.
Dr. Tran Duc Anh Son from theDa Nang Socio-economic Research and Development Institute publicisedmore than 100 bibliographies and over 140 old maps by western countriesproving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa archipelago.-VNA
This wasaffirmed by many domestic and foreign researchers, attending the “HoangSa-Truong Sa: Historical Truth” international conference held in thecentral city of Da Nang on June 20.
All acts of deliberate use offorce by any countries to cause insecurity and violate sovereignty andterritory of other countries with an intention of monopolising the EastSea is unacceptable, they said.
Participants said that China’sact of using force to invade Hoang Sa archipelago in 1974 andillegally occupy several islands in Truong Sa archipelago in1988 violated international law and the United Nations Charter.
Manyalso criticised China’s unlawful “nine-dash line” claim in the EastSea, which was promulgated in 2009, saying that this is extremely vagueand totally illegal, and runs counter to provisions of internationallaw and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982UNCLOS), causing instability and tensions in the sea.
Theyalso called on concerned countries to determine their waters in linewith the provision in the 1982 UNCLOS, and take it as a basis to settledisputes in the East Sea.
Participants focused on analysinghistorical and legal evidence on sovereignty over Hoang Sa and TruongSa archipelagoes, statements on Vietnam’s history on the archipelagosas well as Vietnam’s acts to safeguard the country’s sovereignty inaccordance with international law.
Dr. Tran Duc Anh Son from theDa Nang Socio-economic Research and Development Institute publicisedmore than 100 bibliographies and over 140 old maps by western countriesproving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa archipelago.-VNA
