The Philippines aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Brunei Darussalam on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
On this International Day against Nuclear Testing, we stand with the global community, reaffirming our unwavering commitment to bann…
Today marks a momentous occasion, as we adopt the General Assembly draft resolution on World Basketball Day (A/77/L.95). As a globally recognized sport, basketball transcends borders, cultures and languages. It serves as a unifying force whereby people from different backgrounds can come together, b…
The Philippines has consistently supported the agenda item on the responsibility to protect (R2P) because we believe in the need for the General Assembly’s formal and continuing consideration of the evolving concept of R2P. In that regard, we note with appreciation the Secretary-General’s report (A/…
The Philippines thanks the Security Council for the submission of its annual report (A/77/2) to the General Assembly. We also join others in thanking the United Arab Emirates for introducing the report, Brazil for preparing it and the Swiss presidency of the Council for finalizing it.
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The Philippines welcomes the adoption by consensus of resolution 77/298, on the eighth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS). We thank the co-facilitators, Canada and Tunisia, as well as their teams, for their leadership. We thank the Secretary- General for his report…
I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
We thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting and acknowledge the support of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) in thi…
The Philippines reiterates its view that the veto power has no place in a twenty-first century Security Council. No Member State should be granted the special privilege to exercise the veto power, as that is in direct contravention of the principle of the sovereign equality of all Member States, as …
I would like to thank Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, for convening today’s Security Council open debate on the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. I would like also to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Pr…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate on multilateralism. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., recently stated that
“amid challenging global tides, an important ballast is the stabilization of …
The Philippines thanks Vanuatu and the members of the core group of countries for this initiative.
Climate change is indeed an unprecedented challenge of civilizational proportions. Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health, as highlighted in the recent report of the Inter…
The Philippines takes the floor to dissociate itself from the paragraphs referring to the International Criminal Court in resolution 77/218, entitled “Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions”. In the interest of time, the Philippines also takes this opportunity to dissociate itself from all p…
Today, through draft resolution A/77/L.31, we pay tribute to the lodestar of international diplomacy, a man of courage and spirituality. We want to know the truth behind the shocking death of Dag Hammarskjöld. More than 60 years ago, on 20 September 1961, at the General Assembly memorial for Dag Ham…
The Philippines thanks Singapore and Norway for ably coordinating this year’s draft resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea (A/77/L.36) and on sustainable fisheries (A/77/L.33), respectively. The Philippines is honoured to co-sponsor both draft resolutions. We thank the Secretary-General for hi…
The Philippines thanks His Excellency Mr. Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly, for convening this meeting, and His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, Secretary- General of the United Nations, for his remarks that set the tone for this gathering to mark the fortieth anniversary of the adopt…
The Philippines was pleased to join the consensus on resolution 77/31, entitled “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel”. We express profound appreciation to all humanitarian personnel and those who take part in humanitarian and peacekeeping operatio…
The Philippines is in the Pacific emergency belt, battered by storms and typhoons, no less than 20 every year. On top of that, we have earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and monsoons. There is no year that the country is not besieged by disaster. And because of climate change, calamities come fiercer t…
I wish to thank the President for his important role in the Security Council reform process, and I congratulate His Excellency Mr. Tareq Albanai of Kuwait and His Excellency Mr. Michal Mlynár of the Slovak Republic on their appointment as co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations during the se…
Like many delegations, the Philippines expresses our deep gratitude to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for its valuable efforts, most especially for the Agency’s research and development activities on the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology, as well as its deploymen…
The Philippines aligns itself with the statements made by the representatives of Malaysia and Algeria on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, respectively.
We congratulate Ambassador Egriselda González López of El Salvador and Ambas…
At the outset, I would like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Mr. Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla.
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The Philippines aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Indonesia, on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian…
