Southeast Asia needs progress as pandemic exacerbates inequality—UN
JAKARTA — Southeast Asia must step up its COVID-19 response to combat the imminent deepening of inequality, United Nations secretary general António Guterres said in a recent report highlighting weak...
View ArticlePH thanks UK, France, Germany for rejecting China’s claim over South China Sea
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Friday expressed gratitude to the United Kingdom, France, and Germany for rejecting China’s South China Sea claims before the United Nations. “Nagpapasalamat po kami...
View ArticleDuterte participating in UN General Assembly for the first time
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte will address the United Nations General Assembly for the first time since assuming office, Malacañang announced on Monday. In an online briefing, Chief...
View ArticleDuterte affirms arbitral win vs China before UN: It’s now part of...
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte affirmed on Wednesday the Philippines’ arbitral victory against China over the South China Sea before the United Nations General Assembly. “The award is...
View ArticleDuterte calls for UN reforms to address challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic
MANILA, Philippines — As the United Nations faces the COVID-19 pandemic, — its “biggest test” since World War II — President Rodrigo Duterte called on the international body to implement reforms to...
View ArticleClimate change must be tackled as urgently as COVID-19 pandemic – Duterte
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte appealed on Wednesday to parties of the Paris Agreement to comply with its terms as developing countries like the Philippines suffer the effects of...
View Article‘Let’s not hate each other too much,’ Duterte tells UN amid geopolitical...
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte called on all nations on Wednesday to “not hate each other too much” amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and a COVID-19 pandemic. In his speech before the...
View ArticleNext step for Duterte: Put invocation of arbitral win into reality — Del Rosario
MANILA, Philippines — After invoking the country’s arbitral victory against China before the United Nations, the next step for President Rodrigo Duterte is to put this into reality, former Foreign...
View ArticlePH can get ‘overwhelming majority’ vs China before UN, says Carpio
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines can get an “overwhelming majority” of allies if it raises before the United Nations (UN) the 2016 arbitral victory that invalidated China’s massive claims in the...
View ArticleDuterte UN speech opens door for wider engagement on SCS dispute — Palace exec
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s mention of the South China Sea dispute in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly has opened the doors for a “wider” engagement between...
View ArticlePH vows cooperation with UNHRC to address rights issues
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang welcomed on Thursday the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution offering the Philippines “technical assistance and capacity-building” to address...
View ArticleUN: Philippines gets P182 million int’l aid for typhoon victims
MANILA, Philippines — The United Nations (UN) has announced P182 million worth of aid to typhoon victims in the Philippines. The European Union, Sweden, Australia, United States, Germany, and New...
View ArticleDuterte to address special session of UN General Assembly on COVID-19
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte will join world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) special session that will take up the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-1) 9...
View ArticleDuterte to UN: Combatting terrorism just as urgent amid COVID-19 pandemic
MANILA, Philippines — While he recognizes that medical care for Filipinos must be ensured amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte told the United Nations that...
View ArticleUN committee reclassifies, delists marijuana from dangerous drugs category
MANILA, Philippines — The United Nations (UN) Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on Wednesday removed cannabis or marijuana from the most dangerous category of drugs. With a vote of 27 in...
View ArticleDFA, UN launch BRIDGE program to address COVID-19 impact to OFWs
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday kicked off a program that aims to address the impact of COVID-19 on overseas Filipino workers...
View ArticlePH, other SCS claimants can file joint protest before UN vs China coast guard...
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines could initiate the filing of a joint diplomatic protest with other claimants in the South China Sea before the United Nations against a new China coast guard law,...
View ArticlePH joins China, other nations in dissociating from UN resolution urging for...
MANILA, Philippines — Philippines has dissociated from the United Nations resolution which urged for the freedom of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other officials amid the military coup in...
View ArticleLocsin hits UN over Suu Kyi resolution
MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday chided the United Nations which he said misinterpreted the Philippines’ remark on the resolution calling for the restoration...
View ArticlePandemic ‘exacerbated’ PH’s food security, nutrition problems, NEDA chief...
MANILA, Philippines — The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief has admitted before a UN meeting that the pandemic “exacerbated” the challenges being faced by the Philippines in...
View ArticlePH, UN sign accord on human rights
The Philippines has entered into a three-year agreement with the United Nations to safeguard and promote human rights in the country through institutional programs in key state agencies. Gustavo...
View ArticleTaiwan again asks UN to stop denying them a chance to help fix COVID-19 woes
MANILA, Philippines — Taiwan is again calling on the United Nations (UN) to be more inclusive as they maintain that they can offer a lot in terms of helping other countries respond better to the...
View ArticleDuterte says UN ‘inadequate’, cites need for reforms
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday hit the United Nations f(UN) or being “inadequate” in addressing global crises that “demand effective global governance.” In his...
View ArticlePH seeks partnerships in rights protection of Filipinos who ‘respect peoples’...
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said the Philippines is seeking “stronger partnerships” to protect Filipinos’ rights, but only of those who “respect our peoples’ agency.”...
View ArticleExperts declare ‘code red’ for public health ahead of UN climate talks
Humanity is at a “crucial turning point” to address the climate crisis and prevent millions of unnecessary deaths due to its health-related impacts, a top medical journal warned on Wednesday. Over 120...
View ArticleG-20 nations still off-track on climate targets
Even with updated commitments to reduce planet-warming emissions between now and 2030, industrialized nations still fall far short of what’s needed to cut greenhouse gases that cause climate change,...
View ArticleUN urges Philippine gov’t to let Nobel laureate Maria Ressa travel to Norway
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations on Monday urged the Philippines to allow Nobel Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa to travel to Norway next month to accept the award. Ressa, the first Nobel...
View ArticlePH pledges P10M to UN relief fund
The Philippines has pledged to contribute $200,000, or about P10 million, to the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said during a pledging...
View Article‘Crisis within a crisis’: UN leading aid drive
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners on Friday kicked off a campaign to raise $107 million (about P5.35 billion) for more than half a million Filipinos displaced last week by Typhoon...
View ArticleMarcos mulls going to UN meet, says meeting other leaders ‘very important’— camp
MANILA, Philippines — President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is mulling attending the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York this September, his camp said Friday. Marcos Jr. has “yet...
View ArticleBongbong Marcos meets UN envoy
President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday assured the United Nations that his administration would ensure “high level of accountability” for human rights violations in the country. UN Resident...
View ArticleUS Embassy, UN Foundation’s ‘Girl Up’ conduct science camp in PH
MANILA, Philippines — The United States Embassy in the Philippines and the United Nations Foundation’s “Girl Up” initiated the holding of a camp in the country in a bid to stress the importance of...
View ArticlePH envoy hoping Marcos meets Biden at UN assembly in September
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government is hoping President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. can meet with United States President Joe Biden during the United Nations General Assembly in New...
View ArticleMarcos to speak at UN General Assembly on Sept. 20
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is expected to speak at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on September 20, Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel...
View ArticleBiden to meet Bongbong Marcos during UN gathering
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden for the first time on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly in New York,...
View ArticleBongbong Marcos, Japan PM Kishida reinforce PH – Japan ties in New York meeting
NEW YORK CITY — On the fourth day of his working visit here, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday (Thursday Manila time) met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for the first...
View ArticleOnly Marcos granted meeting with Biden; maritime dispute, other key issues...
NEW YORK CITY, United States – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is the only world leader to have met with US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations 77th General Assembly,...
View ArticleNo PH-China territorial dispute; China claiming PH territory in SCS —...
NEW YORK CITY, United States — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday (Saturday, Manila time) pointed out that the Philippines has no territorial dispute with China – it is China that is...
View ArticleRemulla to UN: ‘Trust that we know best what is good for our people’
MANILA, Philippines — “Trust that we know best what is good for our people.” This was what Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla told participants at the United Nations Human Rights Council-Enhanced...
View ArticlePH accepts 200 recommendations from UN rights council
The Philippines has accepted 200 recommendations made by member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the human rights situation...
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