“(Australia) and Vietnam share a view on the South China Sea, and that the Convention on the Law of the Sea needs to be upheld and maintained,” Mr Albanese told media in Hanoi on Saturday.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/asia-news/2023/06/04/albanese-us-china-talk-vietnam/

Even worse, Beijing got away with once again dragging its feet on negotiating a legally binding maritime Code of Conduct, in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS, to address the South China Sea disputes.

Source: http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2023/09/the-quadrilateral-conflicts-us-china.html

This was through international and regional agreements such as the London Convention (1972), the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982), the Rarotonga Treaty (1986), the Noumea Convention (1986) and the Waigani Convention (1995).

Source: https://fijisun.com.fj/2023/08/25/pacific-not-a-nuclear-waste-dumping-ground/