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(Eagle News) — The Philippines has signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, as it called on nuclear weapons states to join the international community in making the world a safer place by also signing the Treaty. “We call on Member-States that possess the world’s largest nuclear arsenals to sign on to the treaty,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines joined the international community in condemning the terrorist attack in Barcelona on Thursday that left at least 13 people dead and injured more than 100 others including two Irish citizens of Filipino descent. Malacanang and the Department of Foreign Affairs issued separate statements condemning the attack. “Our hearts and prayers go out to the families and loved ones of the innocent victims who perished and those who got injured […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines should be proud of its successful hosting of the week-long 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, as well as of ASEAN’s 50th anniversary celebration in Manila. This was according to Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano who expressed his gratitude for the country’s successful hosting of the week-long 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in a press briefing held on August 8 in Manila. “First of all, I think […]
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano met his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho for talks on Monday (August 7) during which he conveyed security concerns on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) following the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula. Cayetano, who is this year’s ASEAN host, reaffirmed the importance of having North Korea in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) to continue talks, a statement released after the […]
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said this is the best time for ASEAN member states to take the role of being partners for change as the regional bloc celebrates its 50th year. Cayetano on Saturday, August 5, welcomed his counterparts from different member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as they gathered in Manila for the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM). Senior officials and delegates from other ASEAN […]
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Thursday, May 18, led the oath of office of former Senator Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano as the new Foreign Affairs Secretary. The oath-taking was held at the Presidential Guesthouse in Panacan, Davao City. Secretary Cayetano’s appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, May 17. He succeeded Enrique Manalo, who was appointed officer in charge of the department. This was after the appointment of his predecessor, Perfecto Yasay, […]
(Eagle News) — Alan Peter Cayetano is officially the new Foreign Affairs secretary. This after the powerful Commission on Appointments approved his appointment in a plenary hearing on Wednesday, with not one CA member opposing his confirmation. Senator Panfilo Lacson, who endorsed Cayetano’s nomination to the plenary, said the committee hearing on the country’s new top diplomat hours earlier was “probably the shortest public hearing” on an approved nomination. “(Cayetano) has shown his versatility in the floors of […]
(Eagle News) — A Commission on Appointments panel has approved the appointment of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano as Foreign Affairs Secretary. The approval of the committee on foreign relations came only minutes after its deliberations began, upon a discussion of the rules that need to be complied with. Isabela Rep. Rodito Albano immediately filed a motion for Cayetano’s appointment to be approved. Not one member from the panel objected to Albano’s motion. According to Senator Panfilo […]
Universal Periodic Review draft makes 257 recommendations (Eagle News) — The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) working group on periodic reviews has made a draft report recommending that the Philippines allow the United Nations Special Rapporteur to probe the human rights situation in the country without conditions, and for the country not to reimpose the death penalty. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UNHRC’s working group was presented by Switzerland, Paraguay and […]
The Philippine delegation in Geneva, Switzerland led by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra faced more than 100 representatives of the member-countries of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in defending the country’s human rights record. Cayetano explained there was a deliberate attempt to bloat the numbers on alleged extrajudicial killings. The Philippine delegates answered questions on drug-related killings under the Duterte administration. Cayetano said that the killings were not state-sponsored and […]
A high-level Philippine delegation presented the country’s human rights situation during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, and defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war. The meeting began with Filipino Senator Alan Cayetano, denouncing what he called a campaign by rights advocates and the media to distort perceptions of the government’s anti-drug effort. “There is no new wave of killings in the Philippines,” Cayetano told […]
