The officials highlighted the importance of ensuring freedom, security, and safety of navigation and overflight in the East Sea (known internationally as the South China Sea), and the need to promote commitments and the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and soon conclude negotiations and sign a substantive, effective Code of Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).