page_title: Philippines and the Spratly Islands
section_title: Republic Act 9522
hierarchical_section_title: Philippines and the Spratly Islands / Activities and policies / Republic Act 9522
caption_attribution_description: English: Territorial map claimed by the Philippines, showing internal waters, territorial sea, international treaty limits and exclusive economic zone.
context_page_description: Philippines and the Spratly Islands – this article discusses the policies, activities and history of the Republic of the Philippines in the Spratly Islands from the Philippine perspective. Non-Filipino viewpoints regarding Philippine occupation of several islands are currently not included in this article.
context_section_description: Republic Act 9522, was passed by the Congress which defined the archipelagic baselines of the Philippines, claimed sovereignty over the Kalayaan Island Group and the Scarborough Shoal under Section 2, sub-paragraph A which described the territory as a "Regime of Islands"—a concept defined in the United Nation Convention on Law of the Sea for similar bodies of land.
caption: Territorial map of the Philippines, showing internal waters, territorial sea, disputed territory, international treaty limits and exclusive economic zone.
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