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PHOTO GALLERY: 65TH UNGA

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

NEW YORK CITY – President Benigno S. Aquino III addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN Headquarters in New York City on Saturday (Manila time) Sept. 25, 2010. In his debut on world stage, the President called on more than 150 fellow Heads of State and Government to unite in a global People Power towards achieving equitable progress across the globe. In 1986, the Philippines’ legacy was the bloodless People Power Revolution that catapulted his mother the late President Corazon C. Aquino to the presidency.

Photo credit: Gil Nartea / Malacañang Photo Bureau

 

NEW YORK CITY – President Benigno S. Aquino III beams as he greets United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during their meeting at the UN Headquarters on Saturday (Manila time) Sept. 25, 2010.

Photo credit: Gil Nartea / Malacañang Photo Bureau


NEW YORK – President Benigno S. Aquino III shakes hands with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore during their bilateral meeting at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters, held before the two leaders attended the 2nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – US Leaders Meeting on Saturday (Manila time) Sept. 25, 2010. Singapore is the country’s largest trading partner in the ASEAN region and the 14th largest trading partners of the Philippines in the world with total trade amounting to US$11.6-billion in 2009.

Photo credit: Gil Nartea / Malacañang Photo Bureau

 

 

NEW YORK – President Benigno S. Aquino III exchanges pleasantries with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak during their bilateral meeting at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters before attending the 2nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – US Leaders Meeting on Saturday (Manila time) Sept. 25, 2010. Malaysia is the second biggest investor in the Philippines from the ASEAN region and the third party facilitator in the continuation of the peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiating panels.

Photo credit: Gil Nartea/ Malacañang Photo Bureau