The Philippine delegation, at the outset, wishes to thank the President of the Security Council, the Permanent Representative of Indonesia, for his presentation of the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
My delegation received the report of the Security Council just before the d…
I should like to join other speakers in expressing sympathy and condolences to the people and Government of Honduras on the destruction and loss of lives caused by the hurricane. We express our solidarity with them and wish them a speedy recovery from this natural disaster.
Based on the report of t…
One decade ago, the Filipino people sought to renew their commitment to democracy in what was to be known as the “People’s Power Revolution”, which demonstrated the triumph of the popular will in a non-violent yet forceful manner. This historic event also revealed the universal character of democrac…
As Chairman of the Asian- African Legal Consultative Committee (AALCC), I have the honour and privilege to introduce the draft resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee”, contained in document A/51/L.13. The sponsors of the draft r…
The latest report of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council (A/50/47) marks, in my delegation’s view, the first truly substantive account of the status and pr…
I would first like to associate myself with the statement the representative of Costa Rica made on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The Philippine delegation also commends the Secretary-General for his report on the item under discussion.
The cold war had ended and there was a promise of great…
In 1990, the World Summit for Children adopted a World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children and a Plan of Action for its implementation. The Declaration presented us with a challenge and an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children. The Plan of Action i…
Let me begin by saying that my delegation welcomes the Secretary- General’s comprehensive report on the work of the Organization. I also wish to support fully the statement made by Colombia on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. Given the importance of the report and the broad number of issues it ad…
On behalf of my delegation, Sir, I take pleasure in extending to you our heartfelt felicitations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. We in the Philippines and in the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) derive special gratification from c…
It is to the credit of our Organization that it can find within itself the means to provide the world a choice that would have otherwise been denied it by solitary action. We appreciate the concerns that have been and will be expressed here and elsewhere that this agreement does not do enough toward…
On behalf of the Filipino people and Government, the Philippine delegation wishes to express its most profound regret at the senseless loss of life, especially of innocent civilians and non- combatants, among the people of Lebanon, as a result of bombardments in the south of Lebanon and the exchange…
The Republic of the Philippines had the honour and privilege of hosting, from 18 to 20 March 1996, the United Nations Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific on the role of public administration in promoting economic development, held at the Asian Development Bank in Manila.
The conference was…
The Group of 77 and China welcomes the adoption of the draft resolution entitled “Women in development”. We believe that the sixth preambular paragraph deals with the question of overall discrimination against women, including discriminatory practices against women on the issue of inheritance.
Whil…
I have the honour and pleasure to speak today on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The international women’s movement has come a long way. The road to equality and freedom led us to Mexico in 1975, where we adopted a Plan of Action that led to the proclamation of the United Nations International…
I am speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. The 1990s have ushered in a new and perceptive interest in social development, brought about, no doubt, by the sweeping changes in the world ethno-social and political situation, and abetted in no small measure by environmental concerns. Unrelent…
Thank you, Sir, for honouring my delegation with this opportunity to speak at this plenary meeting on issues relevant to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. We express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his detailed supervision of the progress in the implementation of the…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on agenda item 20 (a). At the outset, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/50/203).
The United Nations has been involved in various ways in the search for a solution to the series of crises that have marked contemp…
At the outset, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/50/697) on this subject.
The Group of 77 and China, in fulfilling our work on this issue, reaffirm the principles on restructuring as stated in resolutions 45/264 and 48/162. Although para…
The Philippines joins our brother delegations in supporting draft resolution A/50/L.19, which aims to move forward the initiative expressed in last year’s consensus resolution 49/30. Like many other delegations, we also appreciate the Secretary General’s report on United Nations efforts to assist, a…
In the name of the Government and people of the Republic of the Philippines, I would like to acknowledge with a profound sense of appreciation and thanks, Sir, your expression of commiseration and sympathy for the unfortunate victims of the super typhoon “Angela” which struck my country last week.
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