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by Philippe Rater with Valerie Leroux in Paris Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — China on Thursday lashed out at the United States at a high-level UN meeting over its criticism on the coronavirus, with its envoy declaring, “Enough is enough!” Two days after President Donald Trump used his annual address to the General Assembly to attack China’s record, the US ambassador to the United Nations also took an outraged tone — after […]
Notes rising geopolitical tensions amid COVID pandemic (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned about the use of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, which he said would put “all mortals at risk.” During his address at the High-Level General Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Philippine leader said that such weapons are a concern for mankind, especially if it falls in the […]
Vienna, Austria (AFP) — The new coronavirus pandemic could hit drug markets just as the 2008 economic crisis did, exacerbating the risks for users, the UN drugs and crime agency warned Thursday. In its 2020 World Drug Report, the agency predicted an overall increase in drug use due to the pandemic, with a shift towards consuming cheaper products and injecting them, which carries greater risks. Countries were also likely to reduce drug-related budgets, it warned. […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, June 6, said the government will continue to respect its international legal obligations, including human rights, taking offense at the “faulty conclusions” made by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner in its recent report. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Philippines “firmly rejects” the conclusion the country’s “heavy-handed” focus on national security has led to “serious” human rights violations as they were premised on among others “the alleged […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated a $100,000 prize she won from a Danish foundation to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for use against the COVID-19 pandemic, the world body said Thursday. “Like the climate crisis, the coronavirus pandemic is a child rights crisis,” Thunberg, 17, was quoted as saying in the UNICEF statement. “It will affect all children, now and in the long term, but vulnerable […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines was among two countries that rejected a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution that urged the Myanmar government to sustain its democratic transition. Apart from the Philippines, China rejected the resolution that also decried what it said were human rights violations committed against Rohingya Muslims in the country. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there was an ethnic cleansing of Muslims in her country. “Muslims have been targeted but Buddhists […]
(Eagle News)–Iceland has expressed hope the Philippines would cooperate in a United Nations probe into the Southeast Asian country’s drug war. The Nordic country made the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to sever ties with the country that initiated the resolution seeking the probe, and which was eventually narrowly adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council. “Icelandic authorities sincerely hope that the Philippine authorities will engage the UN on this and the resolution,” […]
(Eagle News) — The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is not an international court which can impose sanctions on countries, says former presidential spokesperson and human rights lawyer Harry Roque. Roque, in an interview with Eagle News Service’s “Radyo Agila” even described the UNHRC as a “toothless tiger” since the UN human rights body cannot even enforce its own ruling as it is a political body, and not a court. “Ang UN human […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that Iceland and the other countries which supported and voted for the resolution seeking a comprehensive review and report on his government’s war on drugs do not really understand the problems ailing the Philippines. The 73-year old Philippine leader, known for his acerbic tongue, did not mince words in criticizing Iceland in particular which authored the resolution that was approved by 18 countries of the 47-member council. […]
Foreign affairs chief says PHL will be “Friend to friends, enemy to enemies, and a worse enemy to false friends.” (Here is the full text of the statement of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., on the adoption by the United Nations Human Rights Council of the Iceland resolution pushing a comprehensive review and report of the drug war under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.) In 1945, the Philippines, along with 50 other states, […]
14 states , including Philippines, reject Iceland-authored resolution (Eagle News) – The Philippines, along with 13 other countries, rejected a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution pushed by Iceland and other Western nations that sought a comprehensive written report on the Philippine drug war under President Rodrigo Duterte. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr was scathing in his statement read after the UN human rights body voted in favor of a draft resolution pushed by […]
The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, July 11, narrowly approved a resolution mandating a “comprehensive” international review of the drug war in the Philippines, with 18 states in the 47-member council backing the resolution first pushed by Iceland. Activists said they had initially hoped the UN would demand a formal “inquiry”, but compromised on calling for a “report” to win a majority. The text, proposed by Iceland, was backed by 18 states in […]
