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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 28 -
CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR THE WORLD'S
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND DECLARING 1993 AS NATIONAL YEAR FOR FILIPINO
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
WHEREAS, the UN General Assembly on 18
December 1990 declared 1993 as "International Year for the World's
Indigenous Peoples: A New Partnership", with a view to strengthening
international cooperation towards the solution of problems faced by
indigenous communities in such areas as human rights, the environment,
development, education, health, employment and ancestral domain;
WHEREAS, this UN General Assembly Declaration invites State to ensure
that preparations are made for the Year, and invites indigenous
organizations and other concerned non-governmental organizations to
consider their respective contributions for the success of the Year,
with a view to presenting them to the World Commission on Human Rights
and other international organizations concerned with other issues
especially the environment, development, education, health, and
intellectual and labor rights of indigenous peoples;
WHEREAS, the Philippines is a signatory to the International Labor
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 concern the 2 million year old
biocultural diversity of indigenous peoples in their forests;
WHEREAS, the Philippines, through the initiative of
DIALECT-PCCEDIU-International Theater Institute, FACE/Earth Savers
Movement and the Indigenous Organization Tribal Communities Association
of the Philippines (TRICAP), all non-governmental organizations, hosted
the 1988 International Conference and Festival for Indigenous and
Traditional Cultures in Manila as the UNESCO launching event for the
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 Philippines will participate in the World Conference on
Human Rights to be held in Vienna on 14-25 June 1993 which will
finalize and approve a Universal Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples that will chart the UN Human Rights Program into the
next century;
WHEREAS, the National Inter-Agency Committee for the Global Youth Earth
Saving (YES) Summit to be held in Quezon City on 10-19 April 1993 is
preparing the first UN endorsed international event for the year on the
theme "Indigenous People and Youth partnership for Sustainable
Development," the Summit to be proceeded by a National Conference of
Indigenous Peoples also in Quezon City on 10-11 April 1993 with its
central theme of "Indigenous People's Traditional Cultures, Ancestral
Domain and Self-Governing Communities: A Philippine Strategy for
Sustainable Development," both the Summit and the Conference initiated
by the Earth Savers Movement and TRICAP;
WHEREAS, it is now incumbent on the Philippine Government to undertake
such preparations for the Year with the full participation of
indigenous peoples in the planning, implementation and evaluation of
such program, projects and activities that will affect their living
conditions and 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 Year of the World's
Indigenous Peoples and declare 1993 as the National Year 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. The
National Committee shall organize a Secretariat which will implement
the programs and projects of the National Committee and which will
include staff members from the Human Rights Commission and from the
organizing hosts of the Global YES Summit which are the TRICAP,
coordinating for the indigenous peoples; the Earth Savers Movement,
coordinating for the environmental NGOs and cultural communications;
the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), coordinating for
the business sector; the University of the Philippines; the Speaker's
Office of the House of Representatives; and the Mayor's Office of
Quezon City.
The National Committee may create such Subcommittees as it may deem
necessary.
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DONE in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of January in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Three.
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