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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 244 -
CREATING THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE PHILIPPINE HOSTING OF
THE APEC MINISTERIAL MEETING ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE APEC
EXPERTS' MEETING ON INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTALLY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN JULY 1996
WHEREAS, the Philippines, following its
commitments made during the 1993 APEC submit in Seattle is hosting an
APEC Meeting on Creative Financing (including Debt-for-Nature Swap) for
Sustainable Development in July 1996;
WHEREAS, the holding of a Ministerial Meeting and experts' Meeting on
sustainable development will boost the Philippine hosting of the July
1996 APEC Summit with the theme "Reinforcing Economic Cooperation
Through Deepening and Broadening the Spirit of the APEC Community;"
WHEREAS, offering these initiatives as our country's commitment to
sustainable development will fully enhance economic and technical
cooperation and facilitate trade and investment within the region;
WHEREAS, recognizing that the countries in the Asia-Pacific regions,
particularly the APEC member-economic, currently enjoy the highest
economic growth rates in the world and that such level of economic
prosperity could be secured for the country over the long-term if this
were based on sound environmental and sustainable development
practices;
WHEREAS, the continued dynamic growth and increasing technical and
economic cooperation among APEC member-economies, and the Asia-Pacific
region in general, could be adversely affected by environmental
degradation caused by unrestrained and environmentally destructive
economic practices;
WHEREAS, the APEC Ministerial Meeting on Sustainable Development and
APEC Experts' Meeting on Innovative Approaches Towards Environmentally
Sustainable Development are important events in terms of soliciting the
official commitment of APEC environment and sustainable development
concerns into policy-making and economic decision-making processes,
thereby creating opportunities for enhanced dialogue and greater
cooperation in the future;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
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The Committee shall have the authority to solicit the participation of all public and private institutions in its work as it may deem necessary and useful in the accomplishment of its objectives.
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DONE in the City of Manila,
this 23rd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-six.
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