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Harlene Delgado

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1773189498293Screen Shot 2026-03-11 at 8.37.18 AM_cropped_processed_by_imagy.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ended his address at the UN General Assembly with an appeal to member-states to support the PH candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the US Security Council. 🎥 RTVM via Harlene Delgado, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>NEW YORK — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appealed before the United Nations General Assembly to support the Philippines’ bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, the body tasked with maintaining international peace and security.</p><p>“We lodged our candidature, mindful that a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council is not a right of any State, but a privilege earned through consistent, dedicated, meaningful, and concrete partnership, in the service of the United Nations, and so of humanity,” Marcos Jr. said in his speech before the Special Plenary Meeting at the UN headquarters on Tuesday, March 10, the last day of his working visit to New York.</p><p>Marcos Jr. vowed that the Philippines stands ready “to help calm voices of division, provide a voice of balance; to shun ambition, for service, and always as a voice for principled peace.”</p><p>“And thus, I stand before you to humbly petition for your support for the Philippines in the elections on the 3rd of June 2026,” he said as he concluded his address.</p><p>The country has been campaigning for another term on the council since 2013. It previously held one of the elected seats for the 2004–2005 term. </p><p>The Philippines is currently competing against Kyrgyzstan for the Asia-Pacific regional spot. </p><p>A two-thirds vote from the General Assembly is required to secure the seat.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>‘TRAGEDIES MUST STOP’</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Marcos Jr. also joined the international community’s call for restraint and de-escalation in the Middle East and other conflict areas across the globe.</p><p>“We call for urgent and much-needed action for peace in the Middle East, in Ukraine, in Sudan, the DRC, the Sahel, Yemen, and Myanmar. Their people continue to live in fear and in despair,” he said. </p><p>“These tragedies need to stop. Innocents must be protected, and their basic needs immediately provided.”</p><p>The Chief Executive urged all parties to these conflicts and the international community to “address the catastrophic humanitarian situation arising from such conflicts,” noting that the “safe, free, and unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid to people in need is not negotiable.”</p><p>Citing the Global Humanitarian Overview for 2026, Marcos noted that $23 billion is needed to save 87 million lives.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>CLIMATE VULNERABILITY</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Marcos Jr. also addressed the effects of climate change, calling it the “greatest existential test for all our civilizations.”</p><p>“For the Philippines, the climate crisis is not a future risk; it is for us a present reality. It reshapes our coastlines, our communities, and even the Filipino psyche,” he said. </p><p>He cited a 2022 survey showing that young people in the Philippines reported the highest vulnerability to climate anxiety.</p><p>Marcos noted that in 2025, the country allocated 18 percent of its national budget to climate-related expenditures and offered help to other nations facing similar vulnerabilities through South-South or triangular cooperation and the exchange of technology.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>HUMAN RIGHTS</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Marcos Jr. affirmed the Philippines’ “resolute commitment to the rule of law and the promotion, protection, and respect of human rights.”</p><p>“All our efforts will mean little, nor will they endure, without the rule of law and respect for human rights,” he said.</p><p>He emphasized that the Philippines adheres to multilateralism and the UN Charter, abiding by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as a “responsible party.”</p><p>“Our faith and commitment to the United Nations has never wavered in the eight decades of our membership... 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<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed that the Philippines stands ready “to help calm voices of division, provide a voice of balance; to shun ambition, for service, and always as a voice for principled peace.”</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed that the Philippines stands ready “to help calm voices of division, provide a voice of balance; to shun ambition, for service, and always as a voice for principled peace.”

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Marcos Jr. appeals to UN member-states to support PH bid in UN Security Council

Harlene Delgado,

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Published March 11, 2026 08:40 AM PHT

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