Connect the 2016 arbitration to a later resupply confrontation and a provisional arrangement between China and the Philippines.
Selected legal and maritime milestones through July 2024; sovereignty disputes remain broader than this record.
Dates without a time use the local date of the event.
The tribunal issued its final award in the Philippines-China arbitration under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
The case concerned maritime entitlements and conduct under the convention. The ruling did not decide sovereignty over land territory.
USNI News, citing Pentagon officials
USNI News reported that a Philippine sailor was seriously injured as Chinese forces blocked a resupply mission to the Second Thomas Shoal outpost.
The report cited Pentagon confirmation of the injury. Accounts of responsibility should remain attributed to their sources.
Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs
The Philippine foreign ministry announced an arrangement with China for rotation and resupply missions to its outpost at Ayungin Shoal.
Ayungin and Second Thomas refer to the same shoal. A practical resupply arrangement is separate from settling territorial claims.
Selected legal and maritime milestones through July 2024; sovereignty disputes remain broader than this record.
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