MANILA, March 27 -- Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri has appealed to fellow members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to be "facilitators of peace" in conflict-affected parts of the world, including in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

In a news release on Wednesday, Zubiri said he rallied the IPU to build on its legacy of "bold thinking and brave action" to spur parliaments of the world today to craft strategies that will "silence the guns" this time.

"The raging strife that dot(s) the world underscore(s) the mission that we parliamentarians should pursue on behalf of mankind. And that is to mount a campaign to pause war, to stop the bloodshed, and end the suffering of innocent civilians whose lives have been disrupted, but...