但目前仍未有任何制度化手段来调解这一争端，鉴于各方都知道该海域蕴藏有大量矿产能源，对此手段的渴望也日益迫切。
But there is no institutionalized means to discuss and resolve the dispute, which is taking on greater significance almost daily, owing to the belief that vast mineral and energy resources lay on the sea bed around the Spratlys.