H.E. Noli de Castro, Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines at the 62ND UNGA

GENERAL ASSEMBLY. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers the Philippine statement before the 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assemby in New York. The President later met with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo

BILATERAL MEETING. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is received by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon before their bilateral meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 28 September 2007. The President discussed a wide range of issues with the Secretary General including the situation in Myanmar. It was the first meeting between the President and the new Secretary General who assumed in January. UN Photo

Senator Edgardo J. Angara delivers the Philippine statement during the General Assembly High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development held at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, 23 October 2007. With Senator Angara is Ambassador Hilario G. Davide Jr., Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN. Philippine Mission Photo by Elmer G. Cato

RP STATEMENT. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, delivers the Philippine statement on the report of the International Court of Justice before the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, 1 November 2007. Senator Santiago delivered the statement a few hours after she arrived in New York where she will formally launch her candidacy for a seat in the Hague-based International Court of Justice. PHILIPPINE MISSION PHOTO BY ELMER CATO

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago delivers her paper on "Reservation to Treaties and Shared Natural Resources" before the Sixth (Legal) Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on November 2. The paper which was in consideration of the report of the 59th Session of the International Law Commission (ILC), a body of law experts who codify international law, which was presented by its chair Prof. Ian Brownley. Senator Santiago's address, which was also part of the celebration of ILC Week, followed her address before the 62nd UN General Assembly on November 1 and is part of the Philippine campaign for a seat in the International Court of Justice. PHILIPPINE MISSION PHOTO BY ELMER G. CATO

ICJ BID Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago chats with Ambassador Kirsti Lintonen, Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations, who was among foreign diplomats who attended a luncheon at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday, 5 November 2007. The luncheon, hosted by Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo, formally launched Senator Defensor-Santiago's bid for a seat in the Hague-based International Court of Justice. PHILIPPINE MISSION PHOTO BY ELMER G. CATO

ICJ BID. Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago is flanked by Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo and Ambassador Hilario G. Davide Jr., Permanent Representative to the United Nations, while waiting at the reception line at a dinner held at the Helmsely Hotel in Manhattan, New York, on Monday, 5 November. The dinner, which was attended by a number of diplomats, formally launched Senator Defensor-Santiago's bid for a seat in the Hague-based International Court of Justice. PHILIPPINE MISSION PHOTO BY ELMER G. CATO

ICJ BID. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo introduces Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago to Indonesian Foreign Minister Hasan Wirayuda at the end of the Security Council meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, 6 November. Secretary Romulo sought the support of Indonesia, a member of the UN Security Council, for Senator Defensor-Santiago's bid for a seat in the International Court of Justice in the Hague. PHILIPPINE MISSION PHOTO BY ELMER G. CATO