00:02Speaking at the plenary session of the 49th ASEAN Summit in Manila on Sunday,
00:08Prime Minister Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim urged ASEAN countries to strengthen efforts
00:13to protect the region's biodiversity from external exploitation and misappropriation.
00:19He described biodiversity protection as a matter of regional sovereignty.
00:24He said the region's ecosystems, genetic resources and wildlife
00:28play an important role in food and water security, livelihoods, climate resilience
00:34and sustainable economic development.
00:37He also called for stronger regional governance
00:40to ensure biodiversity resources are used sustainably and fairly.
00:45On Transboundary Hays, he said Malaysia had proposed science diplomacy initiatives
00:50and a sustainable Hays Fund to strengthen regional cooperation.
00:55Meanwhile, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said ASEAN members had agreed
01:01to continue its constructive and principled engagement with Myanmar,
01:05which did not send any political leaders or ministers to the summit
01:09as the country's military-backed government remains barred from high-level representation.
01:15Marcos said he hoped that ASEAN could advance the implementation
01:19of its five-point peace plan for Myanmar.
01:22Marcos said
01:23Marcos, you thank you for recognizing that it hasn't been gifted
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