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🇵🇭PR Enrique A. Manalo, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Group for Middle-Income Countries (LMG-MICs), highlights the importance of a system-wide response plan and a Strategic Plan of Action (SPOA) for middle-income countries during the 2026 ECOSOC Operational Activities for Development Segment (OAS).

PH PARTICIPATES IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSION ON SECURITY COUNCIL 2025 ANNUAL REPORT

🇵🇭 At the United Nations General Assembly discussion on the 2025 Annual Report of the Security Council, Third Secretary Cathe Aguilar delivered the Philippine statement, which welcomed efforts to strengthen the report's analytical value, supported continued consultations with the wider UN membership, underscored the importance of transparency and inclusivity in the Council's work, and encouraged the timely appointment of Chairs and Vice-Chairs of Security Council subsidiary bodies.

🇵🇭 PR Enrique A. Manalo met with UN Resident Coordinator in the Philippines Arnaud Peral and UN Resident Coordinator in Viet Nam Pauline Tamesis to exchange views on UN development cooperation and UN80, among others. The meetings reaffirmed the partnership between Member States and the UN development system in advancing sustainable development.

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Election Day!

The Philippines 🇵🇭 thanks UN Member States and regional groups for their time and presence in various dialogues with us over the past weeks and months.

We are grateful for the opportunities to share our candidature’s vision and thematic priorities; and to listen to the perspectives, advice and ideas of individual Member States and regional groups, such as the African Group, SIDS, Caricom, among others, as well as the important inputs of women Permanent Representatives.

The Philippines, if elected to the Security Council for the term 2027-2028, commits to be a balanced, accessible, and dependable non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

We will work with all for a United Nations 🇺🇳 for all.




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As Chair of the Sixth Committee of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, Permanent Representative Enrique A. Manalo presides over the election of the Bureau for the Committee’s 81st Session and marks the successful conclusion of its work.

PR Manalo: “At a time of significant transformations, geopolitical tensions and increasing pressures on multilateral institutions, the Sixth Committee has once again demonstrated the value of dialogue, mutual respect, and principled engagement. Through the commitment and active participation of all delegations, Member States were able to converge, preserve the Committee’s longstanding tradition by achieving consensus on all the agenda items while also making meaningful progress across its programme of work during the eightieth session, thus reaffirming its mandate as the primary forum for the consideration of legal questions in the General Assembly.”

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During , the 🇵🇭Philippines joined 88 Member States led by 🇨🇭Switzerland, together with OCHA, CIVIC, and IRC, for a media stakeout on the joint commitments on International Humanitarian Law to: 1) place the Protection of Civilians agenda as a core political priority across the 🇺🇳United Nations system, 2) support ongoing reform processes, and 3) prioritize the protection of civilians in times of financial constraints and limited resources.

The 🇵🇭Philippines co-chairs Workstream 2, together with 🇩🇪Germany, 🇵🇪Peru, and the 🇬🇧United Kingdom, focusing on the creation of National Committees, and actively contributes to other workstreams under the Global Initiative on .

The full media coverage of the stakeout can be found through the following link: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1y/k1yba1fbe9

More about the : https://www.unocha.org/events/protection-civilians-week-2026

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PH bid for UN Security Council: A case built on substance Foreign Affairs Sec. Ma. Theresa Lazaro MANILA, Philippines — Manila’s candidacy for the 2027–2028 nonpermanent seat rests on decades of multilateral engagement—and arrives at a moment