Santiago leaves for New York today for the second leg of her campaign tour, after her tour to The Hague in the Netherlands.
Santiago will personally meet with the ambassadors based in New York to campaign for one of six seats available in the ICC.
There are 19 candidates vying for the six seats in the ICC, two of which are from the Asian region, including Santiago.
Santiago is also one of two female candidates, the other being Olga Venecia Herrera Carbuccia of the Dominican Republic.
Santiago, with the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs, has also been lobbying for the post in the Philippines.
The DFA hosted a luncheon for Santiago in Makati City yesterday with 21 honorary consuls in attendance. All them are assigned to countries that have ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The Philippines recently ratified the Rome Statute, becoming the 117th state party to the treaty.
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