New York, 25 January 2017 --The Philippine peace process took center stage at separate highlevel

meetings at the United Nations on January 23 and 24 in New York.

Presidential Adviser for the Peace Process Secretary Jesus G. Dureza addressed the

General Assembly at the High-Level Dialogue on "Building Sustainable Peace for all: Synergies

between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustaining Peace" in the morning of

NEW YORK, 09 November 2015 – The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) re- elects the Philippines to the UN Commission on International Trade Law, the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the UN reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs today.

NEW YORK, 16 October 2015 – Following Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario’s recent call for the United Nations to affirm international law as the great equalizer among States, however powerful or weak, the Philippine Mission to the world body welcomed the international community’s growing recognition that developments in the South China Sea/West Philippines Sea maritime disputes concern the international community as a whole.

NEW YORK, 12 October 2015 – The United Nations General Assembly today unanimously approved the appointment by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon of COA Commissioner Heidi S. Mendoza as Under-Secretary General of the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS).

03 October 2015, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. Del Rosario met with AES Corporation CEO Andres Gluski on the sidelines of the 70^th UN General Assembly to discuss the expansion program of the power firm’s business operations in the Philippines.

03 October 2015 – The Philippines reaffirmed its steadfast commitment to the rule of law and sustainable development through key priority areas in the United Nations.

NEW YORK, 29 September 2015 – Undersecretary for Policy Evan P. Garcia deposits the Philippines’ Instrument of Accession to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity to United Nations Treaty Section Chief Santiago Villalpando.

29 September 2015 – Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario met with Millennium Challenge Account (MCC) Chief Executive Officer Dana Hyde to discuss prospects for the 2^nd Philippine Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact in 2016.

24 September 2015 – Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario was conferred a Doctor of Laws degree (honoris causa) by the College of Mount Saint Vincent, the alma mater of the late President Corazon Aquino, in New York today.

ADDIS ABABA, 17 July 2015 – “Good governance is good economics.” This was the message highlighted by National Treasurer Roberto B. Tan at the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 13 to 16 July 2015.

In line with the 117th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence, the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations hosted a National Day reception attended by diplomats from various Permanent Missions here.

NEW YORK, 10 June 2015 – “The South China Sea is already in an environmental crisis,” Ambassador Lourdes O. Yparraguirre, Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations, told about a hundred UN legal experts in a forum organized by the Philippines that focused on the protection and preservation of the marine environment.

PHL PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE AND PRESIDENT OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY EXCHANGE VIEWS ON PHL PRIORITIES IN THE UN

PHILIPPINE MISSION RECEIVES STUDENT-DELEGATES TO THE 2015 NATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS

NEW YORK, 18 February 2015 – The Philippines continued its strong call for reforms in United Nations peacekeeping operations to ensure the safety and security of peacekeepers.