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PH on ‘list of shame’ for rejecting UN General Assembly condemnation of rights abuses in Iran

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 05:59 AM

Besides the Philippines, those who voted against the draft resolution were North Korea, Russia, China, Pakistan, India, and Iraq, the list posted by UN Watch showed.  Read more »

UN General Assembly president assails Security Council

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 17 10:33 AM

UN General Assembly president Volkan Bozkir on Monday criticized the Security Council, saying it was failing to respond to the world's biggest challenges due to "competing interests."   Read more »

UN to tackle gender equality, chief calls it 'greatest' rights challenge

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Oct 01 01:23 PM

Over the past week, 190 countries addressed the United Nations General Assembly, nearly all of them represented by presidents, prime ministers and ministers. Only nine of them were women. Read more »

As US, China squabble at UN, a plea and warning from one of world's smallest states

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 27 10:34 AM

As China and the United States feuded at the United Nations this week over COVID-19 and climate, one of the world's smallest states pleaded for detente. Read more »

Beijing reiterates refusal to recognize Manila's 2016 arbitral win

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 11:55 PM

Unfazed by President Rodrigo Duterte's move to invoke Manila's arbitral win in the South China Sea before the United Nations General Assembly. Read more »

China rejects Hague ruling anew, cites 'agreement' with Duterte to 'close the old chapter'

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 06:15 PM

China reiterated Friday it does not recognize the 2016 arbitral ruling by a Hague court invoked by President Rodrigo Duterte in his speech during his United Nations General Assembly debut last Wednesday. Read more »

Human rights advocates hold anti-Duterte protest in front of UN headquarters in New York

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Sep 24 12:03 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte was not physically present at the United Nations headquarters in New York City for the UN General Assembly, but it did not stop human rights activists from protesting against the Philippine president's speech. Read more »

Duterte praised for raising Manila's arbitral win vs Beijing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 10:52 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte received praise for invoking Manila's 2016 arbitral victory against Beijing in the South China Sea at the United Nations General Assembly.  Read more »

Groups alarmed by Duterte's move to 'vilify' rights defenders in UN General Assembly

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 10:32 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's defense of his anti-narcotics policies before the United Nations General Assembly did not sit well with human rights activists who claim he is just posturing at the international stage to evade accountability.  Read more »

Duterte pinuri sa paggiit ng South China Sea ruling sa UN assembly

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 06:45 PM

Umani ng papuri si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa naging pahayag niya sa United Nations General Assembly nitong Miyerkoles (Manila time), kung saan iginiit niya ang arbitral ruling sa South China Sea na naipanalo ng Pilipinas laban sa China. Read more »

Duterte praised for raising arbitral win vs China before UN

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 11:38 AM

Former Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday commended President Rodrigo Duterte for raising Philippines' arbitral win against China before the United Nations General Assembly and hoped the administration would implement the policy.   Read more »

World should not be dominated by China-US 'rivalry', says French president

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 06:29 AM

UNITED NATIONS - World leaders must not let themselves be dominated by a power struggle between the US and China, French President Emmanuel Macron told the UN on Tuesday, calling for a "modern new consensus" on tackling global challenges. Read more »

Putin vaunts Russian coronavirus vaccine at UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 05:54 AM

UNITED NATIONS - President Vladimir Putin in a speech at the United Nations on Tuesday boasted of Russia's creation of the world's first coronavirus vaccine, though it has not completed large-scale clinical trials. Read more »

Duterte urges better cooperation in migrant protection, refugee aid

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 05:31 AM

MANILA - In his first appearance at the UN General Assembly President Rodrigo Duterte urged countries to foster stronger cooperation in safeguarding migrants amid the pandemic, stressing they should be included in every country's response to the coronavirus crisis. Read more »

‘Let us not hate each other too much’: Duterte calls for peace in conflict-hit areas

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 04:57 AM

MANILA - Citing the continued global rise in geopolitical tensions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte issued a call for peace to leaders in areas affected by conflict, including the dispute in the South China Sea. Read more »

Fighting climate change urgent as battling COVID-19, Duterte tells UN

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 04:51 AM

MANILA - The urgency required to fight the raging coronavirus pandemic is also needed to tackle climate change that is affecting the world in different but severe ways, President Rodrigo Duterte told the UN General Assembly.   Read more »

Philippines firm on South China Sea win, Duterte tells UN

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 03:22 AM

In his first speech at the United Nations General Assembly since taking office, President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday rejected what he called attempts to undermine the Philippines’ victory in a 2016 ruling on the South China Sea.    Read more »

Duterte blasts groups ‘weaponizing’ human rights

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 04:47 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said his administration will continue to protect human right rights but at the same time called out “interest groups” that use the issue to criticize him. Read more »

Brazil victim of 'brutal disinformation' on Amazon: Bolsonaro

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 01:38 AM

UNITED NATIONS - President Jair Bolsonaro downplayed the destruction of the Amazon rainforest in his address to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, claiming Brazil was the target of a "brutal" and "shady" international campaign to discredit it. Read more »

UN chief warns against 'new Cold War'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 22 10:11 PM

NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the world to prevent a Cold War between the United States and China and halt conflicts so it can focus on the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »