《联合国海洋法公约》在南海争端中的效用及中国对策

中国是一个负责任的大国,作为《联合国海洋法公约》的签署国,维护公约的精神和严肃性是我们应尽的义务。我们既需要坚持公平和正义的原则,保持航道畅通和航行自由,又必须援引公约,捍卫在领海的主权和专属经济区及大陆架内的主权权利,坚决反对某些国家恶意利用公约,并以公约之名行侵犯中国权利之实。本文围绕相关国家对公约的不同释义而产生的分歧,探讨公约在争端解决中的优势与缺失,以及其在南海争端中应发挥的效用。

The Effectiveness of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the South China Sea Dispute and China's Countermeasures

China is a responsible big country. As a signatory of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, not only it is China＇ s obligation to maintain the spirit and the seriousness of the Convention, it is required to stick to the principles of fairness and justice so as to keep the channels open and the freedom of navigation maintained, but also to defend the sovereignty of the territorial sea and the rights and interests in exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of China by invoking the Convention, and should be firmly opposed to the ac- tivity that some countries maliciously violate China＇ s right under the guise of the Convention. By analyzing the different interpretation of the Convention on the part of relevant countries, this paper is intended for exploring the advantages and shortcomings of the Convention in dispute settlement, and the utilities the Convention should have in the South China Sea dispute.