Topic: 2025 – Responsibility of International Organizations
Country: Philippines
Delegate Name: Kennedy Anderson
Since becoming one of the founding states of the United Nations in 1945, the Philippines has taken an active role throughout its history, with a focus on peace. This year when asking for a non-permanent seat in the security council for the 2027-2028 term, our goal while having on the seat we would consider the views and concerns of all Member States and other UN organs. Along with that we want to advance the cause of global peace, “with the depth of experience earned from our struggles for peace.”. The Philippines values our role in the United Nations and values the work that is done and believe that the United Nations is a vital part of country relations. In a 2015 Security Council open debate on Maintaining International Peace and Security as a representative of the Philippines Irene Susan B. Natividad stated that “the international community can count on the Philippines to uphold the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter. The UN and its Charter have been, and will remain to be, crucial bastions for the voices of all countries to be heard on the global stage.”
The United Nations defines an IO as an “international governmental organizations or organizations with a universal membership of sovereign states” The Republic of Philippines has long been involved with International Organizations with being in the UN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Although the Republic of Philippines has had a difficult relationship with IO intervention in our country but has also aided the betterment of our country. There must be an equal distribution of a country’s sovereignty, international law and immunity of a country or an IO.
The Philippines believes that “disputes between international organizations and private parties should be settled in good faith and in a spirit of cooperation by the means of dispute settlement.” There first needs to be made a distinction between the organizational immunity enjoyed by international organizations and the functional immunity of its personnel. While international organizations have immunity to ensure their independent functioning, such immunity must not deprive individuals of access to justice. Countries should also not be acquitted of their obligations under international law because legal authority has been transferred to an international organization. We are of the view that further deliberation may also be undertaken in order to ensure that international organizations are not allowed to hide behind a blanket of immunity by letting countries grant privileges and immunities to an international organization existing within its territory.
