South China Sea: 1st Meeting §

(F) Day of the week: Monday Class: IS208 Created Time: March 30, 2020 2:23 PM Database: Class Notes Database Date: March 30, 2020 2:23 PM Days Till Date: Passed Last Edited Time: June 9, 2021 10:42 AM Tags: Simulation, South China Sea Type: Simulation

2020 30th ASEAN Summit

Socialist Republic of Vietnam (host)

Topic: South China Sea Dispute

Involving States §

• Brunei Darussalam
• The Kingdom of Cambodia
• The Republic of Indonesia
• The Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• Federation of Malaysia
• The Union of Myanmar
• The Republic of Philippines
• The Republic of Singapore
• The Kingdom of Thailand
• The Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Vietnam opening §

• Proudness of struggles, challenges, that we’ve over come
• SCS dispute caused tension, affected economic, and relations
• Goal: for state’s full commitment, for full adoption of each state

Brunei Darussalam §

Goal: to solve SCS dispute

Situation:

• need trade
• UN maritime: have claim in SCS territory
• see purpose of cooperation in the dispute
• Not maintain acts to claim soverignty of the lands

Goal:

• Promote economic cooperation ⇒ better living standards

Kingdom of Cambodia §

Recognized §

“SCS dispute is subject of disputed interests”

Goal: §

• to maintain neutrality in the issue
• want to maintain peace between states
• phnom penh was where 2002 SCS code of conduct was made?
• want to see asean and china make code of conduct in 2021 or ealier
• want to solve dispute between claimants peacefully using existing mechnaisms (DOC, UNCLOS)

Actions: §

• Have tried to maintain peace to not let it go to conflict

Republic of Indonesia §

ready to cooperate and collaborate to solve the dispute

Situation:

• Largest economy and population in ASEAN
• Ready to find a peaceful way to solve the issue

Laos People Democratic Republic §

• to seek cooperation to solve the issue
• pleased to see its well organized
• facts about the south china sea area ⇒ benefit it’s claimants

Laos’s Position

• Neutral to find peace and solve the issue peacefully
• Landlocked country but still appreaciate to be part of the meeting

Malaysia §

Recognized valuable of SCS and ownership of it

Claimed southern part of the sea and spartly islands…

• China and Indonesia objected malaysia’s claim for 200 notical miles claimant

Call for action

• Draft and follow code of conduct for asean members and china to solve dispute peacefully
• to follow UN charter and int law and UNCLOS to solve the dispute

Malaysia §

greetings and kindness… (same)

• look for peace and stability

Self Fact

• Fastest growing economy (6.8% a year)
• Malaysia pays attention to conflicts in asean

Goals §

• Stayed neutral
• focus on economy

Recognizes

• UNCLOS
• for states to restraint from use of force and reduce tension
• continue drafting of code of conduct

Call for action §

• to cooperate etc…
• multilateral negotiation, use ASEAN to negotiate
• to obey int laws to solve the SCS dispute with peaceful means

Republic of the Philippines §

Spartly islands is important for phillippines population

• Maintain non confrontation method with China
• would like to see the resolution of the disputed territory

People Republic of Singapore §

Imporatnace of SCS for oil

• Geographically not a claimant
• Being neutral
• fear freedom of navigation
• hope for resolution peacefully

call for action §

• CUES, safety of naval vessels
• Encourage accellaration of progress of COC in DOC
• hope it doesnt impact economic relations

Thailand §

Seek ASEAN to be peaceful and stable

Actions §

• the use of COC to progress the resolution of the issue
• as the coordinator

call for states §

• joins hand to speed up consultation
• prevent acts that is sensitive to avoid tension

Debate §

1. Bilateral or Multilateral on South China Sea Dispute

Malaysia §

strongly agree with Cambodia

• China has claimed almost all the territory of SCS including the spartly islands
• agree to address the issue peacefully

Socialist Republic of Vietnam §

• support neutral stance of claimant states
• wish states would restrant from escalating the action
• want for the issue to be discussed in regional matter, not international involvement

Indonesia §

• SCS is a regional issue, should be solved by member states only

Cambodia §

• Think the SCS dispute, ASEAN is only coordinator
• ASEAN members should solve the dispute among themselves first

Brunei Darussalam §

support vietnam

• SCS is a regional issue
• China anti submarines drill in the SCS region

The Phillippines §

support vietnam

• Overlapping claims affect many states ⇒ bilateral discussion wont solve the problem
• Multilateral negotiation between all claimant states would be better

The Kingdom of Thailand §

• should be multilaterally
• againsts any action opposing international laws

Laos §

• should be solved bilaterally