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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 206 -
CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR THE
WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AND DECLARING 1995-2005 AS NATIONAL DECADE
FOR FILIPINO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
WHEREAS, recalling that the UN General
Assembly on 18 December 1990 declared 1993 as "International Year for
the World's Indigenous Peoples: A New Partnership" with he view to
strengthening international cooperation towards the solution of
problems faced by indigenous communities in such areas as human rights,
the environment, education, health, cultural identity, employment and
ancestral domain;
WHEREAS, the Philippines is a signatory to the International Labour
Organization (ILO) Convention 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal
Peoples in Independent Countries which is currently the main
international legal instrument protecting the rights of indigenous
peoples, and other international agreements concerning the environment
such as the 1992 UN Convention on Biodiversity and the Principles on
Tropical Forests, which directly concerns the 2 million year old
biocultural diversity of indigenous peoples in their forests;
WHEREAS, the Philippines, through the initiative of
DIALECT-PCCEDIU-International Theatre Institute, FACE/Earthsavers
Movement and the Indigenous Organization, Tribal Communities
Association of the Philippines (TRICAP), all non-government
organizations, initiated the Philippine hosting of the 1988
International Conference and Festival for Indigenous and Traditional
Cultures as a UNESCO launching activity of the UN Decade of Culture,
and which initiative led to a successful Philippine involvement in the
UN General Assembly Declaration of 1993 as the International Year of
the World's Indigenous Peoples and the special participation of the
Philippines at the inaugural ceremonies of the UN Year during Human
Rights Day on 11 December 1992 at the UN Headquarters;
WHEREAS, the National Organizing Committee for the Global Youth
Earthsaving Summit (Global YES) created by Administrative Order No. 28
held in Quezon City on 10-19 April 1993 was the first UN-endorsed
international event for the year on the theme "Indigenous and Youth
Partnership for Sustainable Development" attended by Nobel Laureate and
UN Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Human
Rights Awardee, Prince Alfred von Liechtenstein and 1,500 delegates
from 28 countries, preceded by a National Conference on Indigenous
Peoples with its central theme on Indigenous People's Traditional
Cultures, Ancestral Domain and Self-Governing Communities: A Philippine
Strategy for Sustainable Development" initiated by Earthsavers, TRICAP
and ITI-FACE;
WHEREAS, the Philippines participated in the World Conference on Human
Rights held in Vienna on 14-25 June 1993 which finalized and approved a
Draft Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that
will chart the UN Human Rights Program into the next century, and the
Secretary General of the Vienna Conference, Mr. Ibrahima Fall, had
expressed interest in support for the Philippine proposal of in
Indigenous Cultural Olympics;
WHEREAS, the UN General Assembly 48/163 on 3 December 1993, noted with
satisfaction the holding in Manila of a Global Indigenous Cultural
Olympics, reaffirms the role of traditional cultures in the
preservation of the environment underscoring the right to cultural
survival; and
"Welcomes the proposal for a follow-up gathering of indigenous peoples
in 1995, an "Indigenous Peoples Cultural Olympics and Summit", to be
held in conjunction with the international Decade of the World's
Indigenous Peoples and the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, to
reaffirm the value of traditional cultures, folk arts and rituals as
effective expressions of respective national identities, and as
presentation for the shared vision for peace, freedom and equality";
WHEREAS, the UNESCO has also designated the "Global Indigenous Cultural
Olympics and Summit for Peace and Sustainable Development" (GICOS) as
an official activity of the UN Decade of Culture and the observance of
UNESCO's 50th Anniversary of Culture;
WHEREAS, the International Theatre Institute (ITI) has unanimously
approved and endorsed participation in the GICOS event at its 26th
Congress in Caracas, Venezuela on 24-30 June, 1995, and pledged
cooperation of its Theatre Education and Cultural Identity and
Development Program;
WHEREAS, it is now incumbent on the Philippine Government to undertake
such preparations for the Decade beginning with the Global Indigenous
Cultural Olympics and Summit for Peace and Sustainable Development with
the full participation on indigenous peoples in the planning,
implementation, and evaluation of such program, and other projects and
activities that will affect their living condition now and in the
future;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
create a national Committee for the International Decade of the World's
Indigenous Peoples and declare 1995-1005 as the National Decade of
Philippine Indigenous Peoples.
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The National Committee may secure the cooperation of all government and
private instrumentalities to ensure the success of its programs. It
shall be in liaison with the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities
and Youth. The National Committee shall organize a Secretariat which
will implement the programs and projects of the National Committee and
which will include members from the organizing hosts of GICOS which are
the TRICAP, coordinating for the indigenous peoples; the Earthsavers
Movement, coordinating for the environmental NGOs and
eco-communications; international Theatre Institute and FACE center
coordinating for cultural groups, KBP coordinating with media groups,
UP System and CHED or liaison with educational institutions in the
tertiary level, the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP),
coordinating for the business sector, the University of the
Philippines; Hotel and Restaurant Association of the Philippines to
assist hospitality needs; and the MMA for Metro Manila Mayors and
PICC/CCP for venue needs.
The National Committee may create such subcommittees as it may deem
necessary.
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DONE in the City of Manila,
this 13th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-five.
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