The Philippines joins our co-facilitator, Pakistan, in introducing the draft resolution on the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace, contained in document A/69/L.41, under agenda item 14, “Culture of peace”, with revisions, including a new f…
The Philippines is very pleased to be able to take part in this meeting on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and to participate in the collective assessment of the status of implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action, adopted 20 years ago. Our participation today …
I thank the presidency of Rwanda for convening today’s open debate on the theme “United Nations peacekeeping operations: the United Nations and regional partnership and its evolution”. It is an issue that is most relevant to the work of the Organization and the Security Council.
The Philippines ali…
In the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17, the Philippines lost a mother and her two children. The Philippines expresses once again its most sincere condolences to the families that lost their loved ones and to the Governments of the victims: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany,
Indonesia, Ma…
I thank you, Mr. President, for calling this emergency meeting.
It is with great sadness that the Philippines received confirmation that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 had crashed in eastern Ukraine yesterday, 17 July. The downing of MH-17 is a most shocking and confounding event. Aboard that flight w…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely and relevant meeting. I should also like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and detailed briefing, which provides a context for this important discussion of new trends in United Nations peacekeeping operations.
Th…
Madam President, the convening by your presidency of this open debate on an issue of great importance is very timely. I do not wish to use the phrase “in the wake of”, but maybe I should say “while the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Tr…
I thank you, Madam President, for giving me this opportunity to speak before the Security Council. The Philippines notes the adoption today of resolution 2143 (2014) and the briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict, as well as the statement of …
Thank you, Madam President, for having convened this open debate on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security.
More than six decades after the founding of our United Nations, the task before us still looms large: the pursuit of a just …
We appreciate the opportunity to speak on this agenda item, which is of high priority to the Philippines as a founding and current member of the Human Rights Council. We would like to thank the President of the Council, Ambassador Remigiusz Achilles Henczel, for introducing its annual report to the …
With the historic adoption in 2006 of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (resolution 60/288) and its plan of action, the international community moved from platitudes to platform in the fight against terrorism. For the third biennial review, our resolve remains
clearer than ever. …
I am extremely pleased and honoured today to introduce, jointly with the delegation of Pakistan, draft resolution A/66/L.32, which builds upon our collective efforts to achieve just and lasting peace throughout the world.
It was in 2004 when the Philippines first introduced in the General Assembly …
The Philippines associates itself with the statements delivered by the representative of Argentina on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and by the representative of Indonesia on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
My delegation expresses its appreciation for the convening of the…
The Philippines welcomes and is greatly encouraged by the importance the General Assembly continues to give to the issue of oceans and the law of the sea. Before I proceed, I wish to welcome the presence of Judge Shunji Yanai, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. I also wa…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to Portugal and the other members of the Security Council for this opportunity to address this high-level meeting on Timor-Leste. Indeed, Mr. President, the fact that your Minister for Foreign Affairs is attending today’s meeting attests to the …
Allow me, at the outset, to thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to speak on the agenda item concerning support by the United Nations system for efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. I would also thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive repo…
I would like to take this opportunity to express my delegation’s willingness and commitment to work with the Assembly and its President to advance the good work of the Organization on the most important matter of a culture of peace.
We all desire a world of peace and cooperation. Out of the horrors…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election and to offer the Philippines’ full support for his leadership in this sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly.
Our collective experience as one United Nations has brought into focus the reality that onl…
At the outset, the Philippines expresses its profound appreciation to you, Sir, for convening this important and timely meeting on the situation in Libya.
As I have stressed on several occasions, in our highly interdependent and networked world, geographic distance and remoteness no longer isolate …
I am very pleased and honoured today to introduce, jointly with Pakistan, draft resolution A/65/L.44/Rev.1, which further moves forward our collective efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace throughout the world.
In 2004, when the Philippines first introduced to the General Assembly a resolutio…
