THE Philippines has urged the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (Itlos) to rule that States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) have obligations to protect and preserve the marine environment from climate change.

The Philippine legal team, led by Ambassador Carlos Sorreta, Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, on September 19 delivered a one-hour presentation of the legal, political and scientific basis for its arguments.

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