English: Gatchalian said that when the country signed and ratified UNCLOS in 1982 and 1984, it was intended as a step towards strengthening its legal and institutional framework for maritime governance and claim for maritime zone allocations as an archipelagic state.
Filipino: Sinabi ni Gatchalian na noong nilagdaan at niratipikahan ng bansa ang UNCLOS noong 1982 at 1984, ito ay naging isang hakbang tungo sa pagpapalakas ng legal at institutional framework para sa maritime governance at pagtatalaga ng maritime zone allocations ng bansa bilang isang archipelagic state.