18 March 2015 – As part of its public diplomacy efforts, the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York received a select group of military officers from the U.S. Army War College International Fellows Class of 2015, led by Colonel Rene Glen O. Paje from the Philippines, and briefed them on issues of interest to the Philippines, including peacekeeping, disarmament, climate change, the post-2015 development agenda, and the West Philippine Sea.

The Philippine Mission’s Second Secretary Shirley L. Flores spearheaded the briefing together with the Mission’s experts. Philippine Military Attaché in New York, Colonel Jaime Fernando R. Hidalgo, and Colonel Roberto Ancan of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, were also present in the briefing. END