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After so much hedging and protracted debates, the 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted unanimously to sanction North Korea. "UN punishes North Korea on nuke missile tests", so ran the AFP news report. Tersely reacting to the resolution, Pres. George W. Bush praised it as "swift and tough" action.


Earlier warning that UNSC sanctions could be a "declaration of war", North Korea's UN ambassador upstaged the voting by staging a walk-out, calling the resolution as "gangster-like" that NK "totally rejects the unjustifiable resolution".


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Manila will preside over the UNSC for the entire month of September, the second time in its two-year term as an elected member that it has overseen the work of the most powerful body in the United Nations.


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Ambassador Lauro Baja, the Philippines’ permanent representative to the UN, said in a statement that he will be chairing the panel on Somalia, which is considered one of the most difficult committees of the UN Security Council.


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In a press briefing yesterday, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople has assured the Arroyo administration that he was able to secure the support of 139 countries for the Philippines’ bid for a seat in the UNSC. This is more than the required two-thirds vote of 132 of the 197-nation UN General Assembly.


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In a statement issued from Bangkok, Thailand where he was attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Ople said the Philippines has already secured the support of 139 countries, more than the required number of votes to get a UNSC seat.  


A two-thirds vote or around 132 from the 197-member UN General Assembly is needed for the country to secure a seat in the UNSC, he explained.


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Ople told a press briefing that in the absence of any other announced candidacy from Asia, the Asian consensus means that the Philippines may have clinched the prestigious UNSC seat to be vacated by Syria in December 2003.


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Earlier warning that UNSC sanctions could be a "declaration of war", North Korea's UN ambassador upstaged the voting by staging a walk-out, calling the resolution as "gangster-like" that NK "totally rejects the unjustifiable resolution".


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Just a flick on the knuckles

By Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. | October 21, 2006 - 12:00am

After so much hedging and protracted debates, the 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted unanimously to sanction North Korea. "UN punishes North Korea on nuke missile tests", so ran the AFP...

Freeman Opinion

RP assumes UNSC chair today

By Pia Lee-Brago | September 1, 2005 - 12:00am

The Philippines will take center stage in the United Nations as it formally assumes the presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) today. Manila will preside over the UNSC for the entire month of September, the...

Headlines

RP to head UNSC sanctions committee

By Marvin Sy | January 9, 2004 - 12:00am

The Philippines has been elected head of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions committee overseeing the implementation of the arms embargo on Somalia, and vice-chairman of two other sanctions committees...

Headlines

Palace confident of UNSC seat for RP

By Jose Rodel Clapano | October 24, 2003 - 12:00am

Malacañang is confident that the Philippines will get a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). In a press briefing yesterday, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said Foreign Affairs...

Headlines

Ople: RP’s UN Security Council seat in the bag

By Marvin Sy | October 22, 2003 - 12:00am

The country’s bid for a non-permanent seat at the powerful United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is in the bag, Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said yesterday. In a statement issued from Bangkok, Thailand...

Headlines

RP bid for UN Security Council seat endorsed

By Aurea Calica | November 1, 2002 - 12:00am

The Asian caucus in the United Nations General Assembly in New York City has endorsed the Philippines’ bid for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council for the 2004-2005 term, Foreign Affairs Secretary...

Headlines