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PH goes to UN body to seek extension of continental shelf

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The Philippines formally asked a United Nations body on Saturday to extend its continental shelf in the West Philippine Sea where it could explore and exploit natural resources even as its maritime conflict with China continues to simmer.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the government submitted information on the extended continental shelf (ECS) in the South China Sea, particularly in the western Palawan region, to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

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