President Duterte should follow up on his invocation at the United Nations of the 2016 Unclos Award to the Philippines with more concrete actions that build on the momentum from countries in the Asean, the United States and in Europe—all of which slammed China’s bully tactics in the South China Sea, Manila’s former top diplomat said Monday. Invoking the July 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, favoring the Philippine position, “is not enough,” said former Foreign affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario. “It is critical that the Philippines, as the party which won the Award, undertake actions that actually enforce the Award. As we said before, there is no world policeman and it is up to us to enforce this victory for the Filipino people, as well as for the Rule of Law that is followed by almost all nations,” he said in a statement sent to media.

'After raising Unclos Award, PHL should move more on WPS. (2020, December 22). Business Mirror, pp. A14, A2.