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2012.
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The People's Republic of China has been afflicted by natural calamities right from its inception in 1949, including severe river flooding, excess snowfall, cyclones, tsunamis and earthquakes. The consequential human suffering is further aggravated by the heavy population density. The mammoth 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province and the resultant loss of life and property exposed the ill-preparedness of the Chinese government machinery like never before. Nevertheless, the Chinese State Council rose admirably to the occasion. The Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) composed of military, armed police, militia and reserve troops was the single largest contributor to the emergency rescue, response and subsequent mitigation efforts. In the process, it encountered many obstacles, faced severe shortcomings, learnt valuable lessons and initiated measures to incorporate these lessons for better disaster preparedness in future. The PLA internalised disaster relief as one of its major tasks under the "military operations other than war" role. The situation in India-large population density and frequent occurrence of natural disasters-is similar to that of China. Thus, there are valuable lessons to be learnt from the Chinese experience of having suffered this earthquake and the methodology adopted, particularly by their armed forces, in disaster response, mitigation and capacity building for better management of mega disasters in future.
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2010.
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The recent incident involving a United States ship (USS) Impeccable in the South China Sea has led to considerable debate over the jurisdiction of a coastal state to regulate marine scientific research (MSR) in its exclusive economic zone. This article examines the legal framework for MSR as embodied in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and interprets its provisions as applicable in the Impeccable 'incident' on the basis of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. This incident may set a wrong precedent for interpreting other international treaties on similar lines, the implications of which will be detrimental to international cooperation, as it can escalate tensions among the concerned countries. Hence, the matter may be taken up as an agenda item in the next Meeting of State Parties of UNCLOS (generally held in May-June every year) to clarify aspects related to maritime research and build a consensus on the issue.
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