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Item 173: Observer status for the International Trade Union Confederation in the General Assembly

Monday, 21 October 2019
Presenter: 
MARIA ANGELA A. PONCE Minister and Legal Adviser Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations
Location: 
Trusteeship Council Chamber, UN Headquarters, New York

 

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

We thank the delegation of France for introducing, on behalf of Germany and Turkey, this resolution inviting the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer.​

The Philippines takes the floor to express its support for this resolution and the grant of observer status to the ITUC.​

Thank you.