RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LANDING OF CHINESE MILITARY AIRCRAFTS IN THE PHILIPPINES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING MEASURES THAT STRENGTHEN NATIONAL SECURITY AND SAFEGUARD THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT A FOREIGN POLICY AUDIT TO SCRUTINIZE AND REVIEW THE DIPLOMATIC ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) AGAINST CHINESE INCURSIONS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLIGHT OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) HIRED BY RECRUITMENT AGENCIES WHO WORKED IN SULAIBIYA, KUWAIT, ALLEGEDLY VICTIMS OF LABOR MALPRACTICES BY THEIR EMPLOYERS AND THE NEGLECT OF THEIR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS AGAINST THEIR EMPLOYERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE ADHERENCE TO AND ADOPTION OF THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (OP-ICESCR), AS PROOF AND AFFIRMATION OF OUR STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE PRIMACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT SINCE THERE IS SEEMINGLY A SHIFT IN US POLICY ON THE ROME STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, THE PRESIDENT IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED TO TRANSMIT THE ROME STATUTE TO THE SENATE FOR CONCURRENCE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR AND FINANCE, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UTILIZATION OF THE PHP 1.4 BILLION WORTH OF FUNDS IN THE 2018 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR DISTRESSED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) WHO ARE SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN RETURNING TO THE COUNTRY, ON WHETHER THESE AMOUNTS WERE UTILIZED EFFECTIVELY AND REACHED THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, AND TO INCLUDE THESE INFORMATION IN THE DELIBERATIONS IN THE NATIONAL EXPENDITURE PROGRAM (NEP) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON MOUNTING CONCERNS OVER THE PREVALENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF FILIPINOS, TO DETERMINE WHETHER REMEDIAL MEASURES MUST BE INTRODUCED TO ENSURE THAT REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208 OR THE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ACT OF 2003 EFFECTIVELY COMBATS TRAFFICKING IN ITS EVOLVING FORMS, AND RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE ACTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE(S) TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED IMPORTATION OF PLASTIC WASTE FROM SOUTH KOREA

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SPATE OF ARRESTS OF FILIPINO NATIONALS, PARTICULARLY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BEING USED AS 'DRUG MULES' BY INTERNATIONAL DRUG SYNDICATES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED 5,100 TONS OF GARBAGE THAT ARRIVED FROM SOUTH KOREA WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REVIEWING AND IMPROVING GUIDELINES AND PROTOCOLS ON THE MOVEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED CONTINUED ILLEGAL DEPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS TO IRAQ AND OTHER WAR-TORN COUNTRIES DESPITE A COMPLETE BAN IMPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON SOCIAL DUMPING AND THE PLIGHT OF THE TWENTY-TWO (22) FILIPINO TRUCK DRIVERS RESCUED/ APPREHENDED IN PADBORG, DENMARK

RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT SINCE THE PHILIPPINES HAS BEEN A SIGNATORY TO THE ROME STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SINCE 28 DECEMBER 2002 THE PRESIDENT MAY NOW TRANSMIT THE ROME STATUTE TO THE SENATE FOR RATIFICATION PROCEEDINGS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ENTRY AND DUMPING OF GARBAGE AND WASTES FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES INTO THE PHILIPPINES AND OUR TERRITORIES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING WHETHER PRESENT LEGAL SAFEGUARDS ARE SUFFICIENT AGAINST THE INDISCRIMINATE ENTRY OF SOLID WASTES AND OTHER FORMS OF HARMFUL TRASH INTO THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED UNDECLARED CASH FOUND CARRIED BY RETIRED PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE DIRECTOR ELISEO DE LA PAZ, WHICH WAS BEYOND RUSSIA'S CUSTOMS LIMIT FOR DEPARTING PASSENGERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CHINA INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION CORP. (CITCC) SIGNED DURING THE FIRST STATE VISIT OF CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROTECTING NATIONAL SECURITY, GUARANTEEING THAT STATE SECRETS, AS WELL AS THE PRIVACY OF OUR CITIZENS, ARE SAFEGUARDED, AND ENSURING THAT THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF THE PEOPLE IS UPHELD AND SECURED

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT SINCE THE CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES MAY BRING ABOUT A POSSIBLE SHIFT IN U.S. POLICY ON THE ROME STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, THE PRESIDENT IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED TO TRANSMIT THE ROME STATUTE TO THE SENATE FOR RATIFICATION PROCEEDINGS

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON ALLEGATIONS THAT A FORMER PRIVATE CONTRACTOR INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF PHILIPPINE PASSPORTS HAS FAILED TO TURN OVER PASSPORT-RELATED DATA IN ITS POSSESSION, IN POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF THE DATA PRIVACY ACT OF 2012 AND WITH DEEP REPERCUSSIONS ON NATIONAL SECURITY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT 100,000 JAPANESE-FILIPINO CHILDREN GET NO SUPPORT FROM THEIR JAPANESE FATHERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT DATA BREACH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) INVOLVING THE AGENCY’S FORMERLY OUTSOURCED PASSPORT MAKER, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO UPHOLD THE PROTECTION OF ITS CITIZEN’S RIGHT TO DATA PRIVACY, AND TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT SAID INCIDENT WILL NOT POSE SERIOUS THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY AND THAT ALL DATA WILL BE RETRIEVED COMPLETELY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PROGRAM OF ACTION BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE ALLEGED 127 FILIPINO SEAFARERS WHO ARE PRESENTLY BEING HELD CAPTIVE BY PIRATES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROTECTING THE LIVES AND WELFARE OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO SEAFARERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED DATA BREACH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PASSPORT DATABANK, WITH THE END VIEW OF SAFEGUARDING PERSONAL INFORMATION, MITIGATING THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE ACTUAL BREACH AND PROVIDE IMMEDIATE REMEDIES TO UPHOLD DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT PRACTICES EMPLOYED ON FILIPINO MIGRANT TEACHERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SAFE PHILIPPINES PROJECT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF MITIGATING POTENTIAL RISKS TO NATIONAL SECURITY OR PUBLIC INTEREST ARISING FROM FOREIGN-ASSISTED PROJECTS CONTRACTED BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED MALTREATMENT OF FILIPINO WORKERS AT THE HANJIN HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND CONSTRUCTION PHILIPPINES, INC.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE MOVE OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO DELIST CERTAIN CASES OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES (WGEID)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RISING INCIDENCE OF FILIPINO SEAFARERS FALLING HOSTAGE TO PIRATES OFF THE EAST AFRICAN COAST

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE PRESENCE OF CHINESE VESSELS IN PHILIPPINE TERRITORIES, INCLUDING THE DREDGER VESSEL IN LOBO, BATANGAS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING THE NECESSARY COURSE/S OF ACTION TO PROTECT PHILIPPINE INTERESTS, SOVEREIGNTY, AND LAND AND MARINE RESOURCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED 'HATE CAMPAIGN' AGAINST OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN MACAU

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA CONCERNING THE DELIMITATION OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE BOUNDARY

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES SHOULD RE-VISIT THE PROVISIONS OF THE VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT (VFA) AND ACCORDINGLY EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE VFA CONSIDERING THAT SUPERVENING EVENTS HAVE RENDERED THE PROVISIONS OF THE VFA AS CONTRARY TO THE 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT A RE-EXAMINATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ANENT THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO HELP OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS WITH THE INTENTION OF FORMULATING FOCUSED MEANINGFUL AND VIABLE MECHANISMS INCLUDING FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM TO ASSIST MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE USE OF THEIR EARNINGS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STANDARD PROCEDURES FOLLOWED BY THE DIPLOMATIC POSTS AND THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS LABOR OFFICES (POLO) IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS INCLUDING THE RECENTLY REPORTED CASE OF FAILURE TO HELP AND ILL TREATMENT OF OFWS IN DISTRESS IN QATAR WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING MEANINGFUL AND HUMANE LEGISLATION FOR FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III TO DECLARE THE YEAR 2013 AS THE YEAR OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR COURAGE, DETERMINATION AND SELF-SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ESCALATING NUMBER OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ABROAD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED CONTINUED ILLEGAL DEPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS TO IRAQ AND OTHER WAR-TORN COUNTRIES DESPITE A COMPLETE BAN IMPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PLIGHT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN TAIWAN VIS-A-VIS THE FUNCTIONS AND ASSISTANCE TO OFWS EXTENDED BY THE MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE (MECO) TO BRING ABOUT A MEANINGFUL OFW-CENTERED PHILIPPINE DIPLOMACY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DEPLORABLE SITUATION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN SAUDI ARABIA WHO ARE FORCED TO SELL THEIR BLOOD FOR DAILY SUBSISTENCE AND EARN EXTRA INCOME TO SEND REMITTANCES TO THEIR FAMILIES

RESOLUTION STRONGLY CONDEMNING THE DEMEANING HK MAGAZINE ARTICLE 'THE WAR AT HOME' AND ITS WRITER CHIP TSAO, URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO LODGE A DIPLOMATIC PROTEST AGAINST THE SAID PUBLICATION AND ASKING THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY TO LOOK INTO THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN HONG KONG

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED CORRUPT PRACTICE OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ALLOWING FOREIGNERS TO AVAIL OF PHILIPPINE PASSPORTS FOR THE HAJJ PILGRIMAGE IN SAUDI ARABIA

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; AND LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DISCRIMINATION SUFFERED BY THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, DEPRIVING THEM OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ACCESS OF PUBLIC SERVICES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND THE INEXORABLE NAME-CALLING AND PREJUDICED BRANDING OF FILIPINOS AND THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO MOBILIZE ITS AGENCIES AND EXHAUST MEASURES TO PROTECT THE FILIPINOS AND THE COUNTRY FROM UNDESERVED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROPRIETY OF USING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS’ RESOURCES IN PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO FILIPINO DRUG MULES IN HONGKONG, WHO ARE NOT EVEN OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW’S)

RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO GRANT MULTIPLE-ENTRY VISAS TO FOREIGN EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF AN IMPENDING US-LED MILITARY STRIKE AGAINST SYRIA ON THE PLIGHT OF FILIPINO WORKERS IN SYRIA AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, AS WELL AS ON PHILIPPINE FOREIGN POLICY AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLIGHT OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN TAIWAN TO ADDRESS THE UNJUST AND UNFAIR EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS THROUGH NON-ADHERENCE TO CONTRACTS AND TO INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGED INABILITY OF THE MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE (MECO) TO MAKE REPRESENTATION IN BEHALF OF THE OFWS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON TRADE AND COMMERCE, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN RELATIONS TO LOOK INTO APPROACHES AND STRATEGIES ON HOW THE PHILIPPINES CAN MAXIMIZE ITS POTENTIAL WITH REGARD TO THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN 2015, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND THE PHILIPPINE BUSINESS SECTOR THAT CAN BE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH THE ECONOMIC BLUEPRINTS FULL IMPLEMENTATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE ACTIONS THAT MAY BE TAKEN BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF REPEATED CAPTIVITY OF FILIPINO SEAMEN IN THE SOMALI COAST

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND RELEVANT OFFICE/S TO STUDY AND TO CONSIDER FOR POSSIBLE ADHERENCE AND ACQUIESCENCE THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (ICESCR), AS A STRONG AND UNEQUIVOCAL STATEMENT ABOUT THE VALUE OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO ADDRESS THE PLIGHT OF OUR FILIPINO SEAFARERS HELD CAPTIVE IN SOMALIA