President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, September 23 (Manila time), addressed the United Nations (UN) General Assembly for the first time during its 75th session.
Duterte dropped a bombshell by raising, in an unprecedented move, the Philippines' legal victory against China in a UN forum. "The Award is now part of international law, beyond compromise and beyond the reach of passing governments to dilute, diminish or abandon," he declared.
Read the full transcript of his speech on https://rappler.com/nation/full-text-duterte-unga-speech-2020