The Philippines and its people are inextricably bound to the world’s oceans. As an archipelagic State and home to a wealth of marine species, we are keenly aware that the waters around the world form a single, interconnected system. Activities on waters in other parts of the world impact our ecosyst…
A few days ago we celebrated the release of a Filipino national, one of the first 24 hostages freed by Hamas after nearly 50 days in captivity in Gaza. He will soon be reunited with his family and loved ones in the Philippines. As we gather today, we are optimistic that the negotiations that led to …
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…
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 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 disassociates itself draft resolution A/77/L.7, which welcomes the report of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The report (see A/77/305) contains references to the Philippines in the section on updates on judicial and prosecutorial activities in relation to crimes within the ju…
Our discussion today is timely, with the growing trend towards unilateralism and increasing attacks against it because of shifting political realities, power configurations,
waning commitments and waxing self-interest, and the inevitable confusion of public reaction throughout the world. The Philip…
As a strong partner of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Philippines is pleased to have co-sponsored draft resolution A/72/L.6, entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”. It is consistent with the partnership between the Philippines and the IAEA, which has contribu…
