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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 22 -
DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND
DEVELOPMENT TO STEER THE OBSERVANCE OF ADOPTION CONSCIOUSNESS DAY
WHEREAS, Article 20 of the UN Convention on
the Rights of the Child provides that "State Parties shall, in
accordance with their national laws, ensure alternative care for
orphaned, abandoned and neglected children";
WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 72 dated 03 February 1999 declares the first
Saturday of February of every year as Adoption Consciousness Day;
WHEREAS, there is a need to call public attention to ensure nationwide
awareness of the growing number of orphaned, abandoned or neglected
Filipino children in need of permanent alternative wholesome family
environment;
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to protect and strengthen the
family and as such, it is only proper for the State to ensure that each
child be given the chance to enjoy the sense of security, formation of
identity and comfort that being part of the family may bring;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order the Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development
to steer the observance of Adoption Consciousness Day.
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Done in the City of Manila,
this 26th day of November in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and one.
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