‘Iceland is green’: Duterte’s riposte corrected by netizens
Netizens posted a National Geographic story titled ‘Is Iceland Really Green and Greenland Really Icy?’ that said only 11 percent of Iceland was permanently covered with ice.
Netizens posted a National Geographic story titled ‘Is Iceland Really Green and Greenland Really Icy?’ that said only 11 percent of Iceland was permanently covered with ice.
The resolution of the UN Human Rights Council appears ineffective because it can only demand accountability but cannot impose sanctions, unlike those issued by the powerful UN Security Council. By Manny Mogato
Echoing Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the Philippines was insulted by a minority of countries in the 47-member council that voted in favor of a resolution introduced by Iceland.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has approved a resolution calling for an investigation into the mounting deaths in the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.