Friday, November 28, 2008

1st paragraph of PGMA's speech

Thank you very much, Secretary Romulo.
Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN Member Nations as well as Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste; ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong; excellencies of the diplomatic corps; Speaker de Venecia; members of the Philippine senate; Senator Angara, former Senate President of the Philippines; Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Chairwoman of the Committee on Foreign Relations and our Philippine nominee to the International Court of Justice; (applause) Mayor of Manila, Mayor Fred Lim; Vice Mayor of Pasay City, Vice Mayor Calixto; members of the cabinet and other government officials; distinguished guests; ladies and gentlemen.

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