South China Sea: 2nd Meeting §

(F) Day of the week: Monday Class: IS208 Created Time: April 6, 2020 2:18 PM Database: Class Notes Database Date: April 6, 2020 2:18 PM Days Till Date: Passed Last Edited Time: June 9, 2021 10:42 AM Tags:#Simulation,#South-China-Sea Type: Simulation

Focus §

Important issues in society (South China Sea Dispute)

Motion: 2 minutes of speaking time (Laos) laos because they’re not involved in any issues

All agreeed

Formal Debate (SCS) §

Illegal Fisheries §

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

• SCS full of natural resources (oil, fish…)
• “Violated by China” Vietnamese fishing boat shot down. Threatening Vietnamese civilians even if its legal.

Republic of Indonesia

• illegal fishing of Vietnam, Malaysia, Phillipines (2019)

Cambodia

• Acknowledge IUU illegal fishing of Vietnam
• Wants peaceful settlements by the two countries (China&Vietnam)

Laos & Thailand & Myanmar

• Wishes to see peaceful resolution from both countries

Vietnam

• Wants stability, but think China has aggressive behavior
• China military camps on exclusive economic zones

Bilateral or Multilateral §

Cambodia (Reply to Vietnam)

• Respect concerns & issues of sovereignty
• use bilateral peaceful negotiation
• SCS shouldn’t be politicized
• issues should be discussed by the parties, as to not affect their foreign relations (reply to multilingualism countries)

Laos

• support bilateral talks

Malaysia

• Concerned on regulated fishing in ASEAN
• Strongly support Multilateral negotiation
• small states need to team up to have a bigger voice

Brunei Derusallam

• support Singapore & Malaysia for multilateral meeting
• to cooperate to have bigger voice with China
• Freedom of navigation obstructed by China is important for Brunei

Vietnam

• Disagree with Camboida (Solving Bilaterally)
• Should be solved multilaterally

Laos

• Agree with Cambodia, bilateral?
• support non-militarization and self restraint

Thailand

• Support Malaysia in multilateral way

Phillipines

• Strongly agree bilateral meetings + regional level
• fisheries is a better resource to cooperate in managing than oil (easier cooperation)
• cooperation and regulations between nations will be the way to deal with the issue

Myanmar

• support multilateral?