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National Territory
Francis N.
Reginio
OBJECTIVE
At the end of the presentation, you will
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following for your own study design:
Identify the limits and bounds of
the Philippine territory;
Enumerate the components of the
national territory;
Explain
the
archipelagic
doctrine; and
Explain the arguments of the
Philippine territorial issues.
learn the
ARTICLE I
The National Territory
ARTICLE I
The National Territory
Necessity of constitutional
provision on National
Territory
archipelago:
Points of View
The Philippines, like most states now,
includes in its territory the insular
shelves which, is strictly speaking, are
under the jurisdiction only, and not the
sovereignty, of the coastal state.
The definition in Art. I now covers the following
1. Those ceded to the United States by virtue of the Treaty of
territories:
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FACT
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FACT
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Question: Why
this particular
miniature part of
the pacific ocean is
valuable to so
many different
states?
Reason: rich
resources that are
found there
including: oil,
natural gas,
minerals, and fish.
FACT
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It has, therefore, become impossible to continue
bilateral discussions on disputes in the West Philippine
Sea with China on the basis of this rigid position.
This led us to finally resort to
negotiation under Annex VII
of the UNCLOS, a 1982
accord by 163 countries that
aims to govern the use of
offshore areas and sets
territorial limits of coastal
states.
Whats YOUR
reaction?
DIVERSIONS