PH Consulate General in Shanghai PCG Shines Light on Philippines’ Maritime Entitlements, Significance of 2016 Arbitral Award

Consul General Dinno M. Oblena giving the opening statements during the MANA Mo 2024 presentation (Shanghai PCG Photo)

SHANGHAI 02 October 2024 — The Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai observed the Maritime and Archipelagic Nation Awareness Month (MANAMo) 2024 with a briefing on understanding the West Philippines Sea and the 2016 Arbitral Award for its personnel on 27 September 2024.

MANAMo 2024 carries the  theme “Pamana ng Karagatan: Para sa Kinabukasan, Ating Ingatan” (The Oceans’ Wealth: an Inheritance Worth Securing for the Future of the Filipino People.)

Consul John Francis S. Herrera conducted  the briefing and provided an overview on maritime  issues in the South China Sea and the significance of the 2016 Arbitral Award.

In his remarks, Consul General Oblena noted the importance of enhancing knowledge and understanding of the archipelagic nature of the Philippines and of having deep appreciation of the 2016 Arbitral Award and its significance in international jurisprudence. END 

Consul Herrera giving a presentation on the SCS Arbitration  and  2016 Arbitral Award (Shanghai PCG Photo)

For more information, visit http://shanghaipcg.dfa.gov.ph/.