President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, September 23 (Manila time), addressed the United Nations (UN) General Assembly for the first time during its 75th session.br br Duterte dropped a bombshell by raising, in an unprecedented move, the Philippines' legal victory against China in a UN forum. "The Award is now part of international law, beyond compromise and beyond the reach of passing governments to dilute, diminish or abandon," he declared.