Phl underscores importance of UN Pact for Future

The Philippines underscored the importance of a landmark declaration approved by world leaders on Sunday on action guidelines for the international community to resolve global issues.

- PIA LEE-BRAGO

Manila welcomed the Pact for the Future, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations and hailed them as "triumph of the persistence of multilateralism to affirm that a better world is possible, with the solidarity of nations." Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said the Pact for the Future "renews collective determination to defuse tensions and seek the peaceful resolution of disputes and conflicts." "In pledging to the Pact, states abide by the obligation of rejecting force and the threat of use of force to settle disputes," Manalo said.

Manalo is the head of the Philippine delegation to the Summit of the Future, the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly HighLevel Week and other related meetings from Sept. 22-29 at the UN headquarters in New York.