I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on trafficking in persons in conflict situations, with a focus on forced labour, slavery and other similar practices.
About a year ago, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Maria Grazia Giammarina…
I wish to congratulate the new members of the Security Council and to thank Sweden for organizing during its presidency this open debate on conflict prevention and sustaining peace. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for sharing his views on this topic this morning and for reminding us that …
The Philippines regrets that the motion for division has been put forward under rule 89 in reference to operative paragraph 9 of draft resolution A/71/L.43.
Operative paragraph 9 welcomes the Baku Declaration, adopted at the Seventh Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, held…
The Philippines associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Thailand on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
We wish to extend our gratitude to the Malaysian presidency for once again placing the issue of children and armed conflict at the top of…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/70/L.20, entitled “Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace”, under agenda item 16, “Culture of peace”.
In 2004, the Philippines first introduced to the General Assembly a resolution on the prom…
On behalf of the Philippine Government and the Filipino people, allow me to express our solidarity with and sympathy to the people of Beirut and Paris in this time of great sorrow following the recent terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of people. We stand in solidarity with the international com…
We thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/69/856). The Philippines is one of the countries that has seen a rise in the number of HIV infections. In February 2015, there were 646 new HIV cases reported — the highest since the first case was diagnosed, in 1984. That translates into 20 cases dia…
Allow me to extend the Philippines’ appreciation to China, which hold the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February, for convening this open debate on a topic that is most relevant and at the very core of the existence of the United Nations.
Eight months from today, the United Na…
The Philippines thanks Mr. Baudelaire Ndong Ella for his report on the
2014 sessions of the Human Rights Council (A/69/53), in which the Philippines was privileged to take part. In our participation as a member of the Human Rights Council, the Philippines has been guided by the directive of resolut…
Madam President, I thank you for convening this most important open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
The Philippines continues to closely follow developments in the region. There is a continuing need to take stock of the advances achieved by our Organi…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate and for this opportunity to speak before the Council. We join others in congratulating the United States on its assumption of the presidency.
The report of the Secretary-General (S/2014/339) describes exhaustively and in detail the dire sit…
The Philippines aligns itself with the statement made yesterday by the representative of Bolivia on behalf of the Group of 77 and China (see A/68/PV.100).
We welcome the adoption of the outcome document (resolution 68/300) of this meeting, which will add impetus to combating and preventing epidemic…
