2015年7月，菲律宾鼓噪酝酿了两年之久的南海仲裁案终于正式拉开帷幕。近日，有关仲裁庭在荷兰海牙举行了所谓庭审，菲律宾方面在其陈词中，妄议、贬损南海地区国家于2002年签署的《南海各方行为宣言》，其言辞令人咋舌。
In midsummer 2015, the so-called South China Sea arbitration hearing that the Philippines had been clamoring for and brewing in the past two years finally started. Recently, the relevant arbitral tribunal held this so-called hearing in The Hague, Netherlands, where the Philippine side made irresponsible and derogatory remarks in its statements on the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea signed by relevant countries in 2002. Such remarks are indeed astonishing.
上世纪60年代末，为争夺石油资源利益，一些国家对我国的南沙岛礁提出领土要求并非法侵占，南海问题由此产生。为管控各方争议，维护南海和平稳定，中国和东盟国家自上世纪90年代起便开始沟通，共同致力于探索适合本地区的争议解决办法。经过长时间的磋商磨合，2002年，中国和东盟十国在柬埔寨金边正式签署《南海各方行为宣言》，向世界宣告南海不再没有规则，而有了地区国家共同确立的"南海规矩"，此后南海风波渐止。《宣言》也获得了"定海神针"的美誉。其第四条明确指出"有关各方承诺根据公认的国际法原则，包括1982年《联合国海洋法公约》，由直接有关的主权国家通过友好磋商和谈判，以和平方式解决它们的领土和管辖权争议，而不诉诸武力或以武力相威胁。"2011年，中国和东盟十国进一步就落实《宣言》后续行动指针达成一致，开启了全面有效落实《宣言》的历史进程。
It is well known that in the late 1960s, a report of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East stirred up the South China Sea. To vie for interests in oil resources, some countries laid territorial claims to China's Nansha Islands and illegally occupied some of the islands and reefs, giving rise to the South China Sea issue. For the purpose of managing disputes among the parties and maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea, China and ASEAN countries started their communication in the 1990s to jointly explore a dispute settlement approach suitable for the region. After a long period of consultation and mutual adaptation, China and the ten ASEAN countries officially signed the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2002, which announced to the world that regional countries had an official document to follow when dealing with issues in the South China Sea. Since then, the South China Sea disputes gradually quieted down and peace and stability was maintained for over a decade. The DOC won the reputation of a "stability anchor." Article 4 of the DOC stipulates that, "The Parties concerned undertake to resolve their territorial and jurisdictional disputes by peaceful means, without resorting to the threat or use of force, through friendly consultations and negotiations by sovereign states directly concerned, in accordance with universally recognized principles of international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea." With eight more years of joint efforts, China and the ten ASEAN countries reached agreement on the Guidelines for the Implementation of the DOC in 2011, and started the historical process of fully and effectively implementing the DOC.
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