Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations

ANTI-NUKE PETITIONS. Ambassador Libran N. Cabactulan, President of the 2010 Review Conference of States-Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferatation of Nuclear Weapons, cites the important role played by civil society in advancing the nuclear disarmament agenda as he formally receives from leaders of non-government organizations on Tuesday, 3 May 2010, petitions from more than 8 million people across the globe calling for a world free from nuclear weapons. To Ambassador Cabactulan's right is United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Sergio Duarte. (Philippine Mission Photo by Edwin de Pacina)