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Prof. Liu Nanlai, Research Fellow, Center of International Law Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences "...It is optimistic that all parties concerned agree to use international law to resolve the disputes in the South China Sea. In the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, China and ten ASEAN members solemnly declared their commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the 1982 UNCLOS, the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, and other universally recognized principles of international law which shall serve as the basic norms governing state-to-state relations. The parties concerned undertake to resolve their territorial and jurisdictional disputes on the basis of universally recognized principles of international law. The Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea is a document of political will, not a legally-binding code. However, it is of great importance since it represents the political aspiration and consensus among parties. It can be taken for granted that if all the parties act in the spirit of the declaration, i.e. working toward the adoption of a code of conduct in the South China Sea and voluntarily assume obligations to safeguard the stability and security of the sea, we can hope for genuine stability and security there."
