MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del
Rosario on Friday said that he would continue to push for peaceful settlements
of territorial disputes with China when he attends the United Nations General
Assembly in New York next month.
In an interview with reporters at
the sidelines of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reception of its Eid
al-Fitr celebration in Pasay City, Del Rosario said he would be speaking in two
occasions at the UN meet— to deliver the remarks of President Benigno Aquino
III, and to speak on peaceful resolution of disputes upon invitation from the
President of the said assembly.
Asked what he would like to speak
with representatives of the UN general assembly on the country’s territorial
disputes with China, Del Rosario said “I think it should be peaceful to begin
with and it should be in accordance with a rules-based regime, following
international law and I think that disputes should be pursued without the use
of force or the threat of the use of force.”
Based on information posted on
its official website, a high-level meeting of the General Assembly on September
24 in New York would address the topic of the rule of law at the national and
international levels.
The UN General Assembly is
described as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of
the United Nations. Representatives from the 193-member states of the United
Nations meets in regular sessions from September to December every year to discuss
international issues covered by its charter.
Del Rosario also said that the
chair of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has also scheduled
a meeting at the sidelines of the UN meeting but that there has been no
discussion on the agenda yet.
When asked about the follow-up
plans on the dispute after what transcribed in the last meeting in Cambodia,
Del Rosario said “Well, I have not finalized the plans yet but I intend to
visit the certain members of ASEAN before the summit.”
Asean came under direct scrutiny
after it was not able to issue a joint statement because of disagreements on
the Scarborough shoal dispute.
Foreign Secretary Albert del
Rosario has also said that the Cambodian foreign ministry had selected a female
diplomat to replace Hos Sereythonh, the ambassador recalled earlier this month
after issuing a letter accusing the Philippines and Vietnam of “dirty politics”
in pushing for a united stand by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(Asean) on their territorial disputes with China in the West Philippine Sea.
Del Rosario has said the diplomat
was “a lady that’s quite high in the ministry”
and was of “assistant secretary rank.”
Del Rosario said that the
diplomat was just awaiting an agremonte and that the Philippines had no
problems receiving her as the new ambassador.
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