Understanding-Article-II-Section-7-24-of-the-1987-Constitution DOCX

Title Understanding-Article-II-Section-7-24-of-the-1987-Constitution
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1987 Philippine Constitution Article 2 Section 7-28 Give the main idea of the following sections from Article 2 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Section 7: The State shall pursue an independent foreign policy. In its relations with other states, the paramount consideration shall be national sove...

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1987 Philippine Constitution Article 2 Section 7-28 Give the main idea of the following sections from Article 2 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Section 7: The State shall pursue an independent foreign policy. In its relations with other states, the paramount consideration shall be national sovereignty, territorial integrity, national interest, and the right to self-determination. The state shall establish friendly relations with all countries of the world regardless of race, religion, ideology and social system and to promote as much beneficial relations with them particularly in economic and trade activities. Section 8: The Philippines, consistent with the national interest, adopts and pursues a policy of freedom from nuclear weapons in its territory. The aim of this section is to forbid the making, storing, manufacture or testing in our country of nuclear weapons, devices or parts thereof as well as the use of our territory as dumping site for radioactive wastes and transit within our territory of ships or planes with nuclear weapons. Section 9: The State shall promote a just and dynamic social order that will ensure the prosperity and independence of the nation and free the people from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, promote full employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all. In this provision, the state solves at the same time a chain of social problems that comes with it: social unrest, breakdown of family systems, diseases, ignorance, criminality, and low productivity. Section 10: The State shall promote social justice in all phases of national development. This policy mandates the state to promote social justice in all phases of national development. Section 11: The State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights. The recognition that the human person is the end and purpose of every social organization was implied in this provision. Section 12:...

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