PHILIPPINE MISSION BRIEFING. Ambassador Hilario G. Davide, Jr., Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations, welcomes political science students from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who requested a briefing from the Philippine Mission to the United Nations on security, economic, political and other issues. The students, led by Professor Robert DeVries, were briefed by Ambassador Leslie B. Gatan, Deputy Permanent Representative, at the Philippine Center in Manhattan on 21 January 2009. Philippine Mission Photo by Elmer Cato