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Secretary of State Comments on South China Sea, Affirms U.S. Navigational Interests, and Expresses U.S. Desire for Peaceful Settlement of Territorial Disputes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

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References

1 Brian Padden, ASEAN Foreign Ministers Discuss South China Sea Dispute, Voice of America, July 19, 2011, at http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/ASEAN-Foreign-Ministers-Discuss-South-China-Sea-Dispute-125816578.html; Andrew Higgins, Disputed Territory, Wash. Post, Sept. 18, 2011, at Al; John R. Crook, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 104 AJIL 654, 664 (2010), 105 AJIL 122, 135 (2011).

2 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/1230, The South China Sea (July 22,2011), at http://www.staK gov/secretary/rm/2011 /07/168989.htm.

3 Kathy Quiano, China, ASEAN Agree on Plans to Solve South China Sea Dispute, CNN World, July 21, 2011 at http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-21/world/china.sea.conflict_l_chinese-patrol-south-china-sea-vietnamese-vessels _s=PM:WORLD. The declaration is available online at http://globalnation.inquirer.net/5572/declaration on-the-conduct-of-parties-in-the-south-china-sea.

4 ASEAN Chairman’s Statement on the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) + 1 Sessions, Bali, Indonesia, July 21-22, 2011, at http://www.asean.org/documents/44thAMM-PMC-18thARF/PMC-CS.pdf.

5 Ben Blanchard & Olivia Rondonuwu, U.S. and China Disagree over Handling of Maritime Claims, Wash. Post, Nov. 19, 2011, at A7.

6 Keith B. Richburg, President, Wen Talk Economics and Sea Disputed, Wash. Post, Nov. 20, 2011, at A18; see abo David Nakamura & William Wan, In Asia Visit, Obama’s Eyes Are on China, Wash. Post, Nov. 12, 2011, at A8.