More by force of circumstance than by agreement, both the Philippines and the United States tried hard this year to bring to the attention of the United Nations the connection between human rights and peace and security.

The US did so because of its need for a theme for its presidency of the UN Security Council; the Philippines because of international concern for possible human rights violations in the ongoing war on illegal drugs.

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