CIL hosted a 2-day closed-door international conference on Joint Development and the South China Sea from 16-17 June 2011 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. Professor S. Jayakumar, the Patron of CIL, was the Guest-of-Honour. In his keynote address on the morning of 16 June 2011, Prof Jayakumar called on China and the US to take certain steps. “China should not continue to leave unaddressed the concerns and questions raised by many over its puzzling and disturbing nine-dotted-lines map” he noted and added, “The US is a major maritime power whose engagement with, and presence in, the region is crucial for maintaining stability in the South China Sea. Unfortunately, it has yet to become a party to UNCLOS”.
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