Myanmar cut internet service and deployed troops around the country on Monday in signs of a feared crackdown on anti-coup protests, hours after security forces fired to disperse a demonstration in the country’s north.
The United Nations warned Friday that any sanctions imposed over the coup in Myanmar must be “carefully targeted” against those responsible, to avoid harming vulnerable people.
Malacañang on Thursday welcomed the decision of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to file a diplomatic protest against China over the latter’s new law allowing its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels.
The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said Monday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday renewed a feud with Donald Trump, saying the outgoing US president “seems like a very happy old man looking forward to a bright and wonderful future”.
China on Thursday threatened that the United States would pay a “heavy price” if its United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft kept plans announced by the State Department to travel to Taiwan next week.
The United Nations on Saturday urged leaders to declare a global climate emergency and shape greener growth after the coronavirus pandemic, as nations took gloomy stock five years since the landmark Paris Agreement.
President Rodrigo Duterte expressed support for the call of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres for global ceasefire against terrorism in light of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
President Rodrigo Duterte pushes to bring coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines to poor nations, reiterating that they must be available to all.
United Nations (UN) Watch, the Geneva-based non- governmental human rights organization, has included the Philippines on its “list of shame” after the country’s representative to the UN voted against a draft resolution condemning Iran for its alleged human rights abuses.
The United Nations said Monday it would stockpile one billion syringes around the world by the end of 2021, to be used for the delivery of any future coronavirus vaccine.
Malacañang welcomed on Thursday the approval of a resolution by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council seeking technical assistance to the Philippines amid the alleged killings and rights abuses under the Duterte administration.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. reaffirmed the Philippines’ commitment to ratify a United Nations treaty against nuclear weapons during the observance of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on October 2.
President Rodrigo Duterte defended the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (ATA) during his speech at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, saying that terrorism continues to be a major threat despite the coronavirus pandemic.
President Duterte has reaped praises for his strong position on the South China Sea in his first-ever United Nations address. Broadcast journalist Karen Davila watched
Muntinlupa City Representative Ruffy Biazon is thankful for President Duterte’s strong declaration of the country’s ownership of the West Philippine Sea before the United Nations.
Not everyone is blown away by President Duterte’s historic statement on the South China Sea dispute before the United Nations. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV
Did China hear President Rodrigo Duterte’s affirmation of the Philippines’ arbitral victory over China in the West Philippine Sea before the United Nations?
China on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of spreading a “political virus” at the United Nations after the US leader delivered a harsh attack on Beijing over the Covid-19 pandemic.
In his first appearance before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly since he assumed office in 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte called for “open dialogue and constructive engagement” with the international body to promote productive international cooperation on human rights.
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