Office of the Undersecretary for Policy
The Office of the Undersecretary for Policy aids the Secretary of Foreign Affairs by providing advice on matters relating to the formulation and execution of Philippine foreign policy, particularly on bilateral, regional and international political and security issues. Its functions specifically include: (1) promoting the multilateral and bilateral relations of the Philippines with other states; (2) providing policy recommendations to the President and the Philippine legislature through the Secretary of Foreign Affairs on all matters involving the promotion of diplomatic relations with other states, as well as for the advancement of other political and security agenda in other fora; (3) coordinating with other concerned government agencies on the formulation of Philippine positions on various regional and international political and security issues and; (4) attending, in support of the Secretary, multilateral and bilateral fora pertaining to political and security matters, and in other meetings when regional and international political and security issues are tabled in the agenda for discussion.
The Office of the Undersecretary for Policy directly supervises the geographic Offices in the DFA including the Office of Asian and Pacific Affairs, the Office of Middle East and African Affairs, the Office of American Affairs, the Office of European Affairs, the Office of the United Nations and International Organizations and the Office of ASEAN Affairs.
