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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 7
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 7 -
CREATING THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL ON ASEAN COOPERATION
WHEREAS, the Philippines is committed to
the policy of strengthening and promoting ASEAN as a strong and viable
regional organization that shall bring about the transformation of the
region into an area of peace, stability, and progress;
WHEREAS, there is a need to evolve smoother and greater coordination in
the formulation and implementation of Philippine policy towards
ASEAN;
WHEREAS, this need has become more imperative in view of the fact that
the Philippines will host the Meeting of ASEAN Heads of Government or
the ASEAN Summit in December 1987; and
WHEREAS, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assumes primacy in the conduct
of foreign relations and should, therefore, be the focal point for the
formulation, coordination and integration of Philippine proposals and
positions, particularly insofar as political decisions are concerned on
matters relating to ASEAN and specifically to the ASEAN Summit.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall be
the Chairman of a Cabinet-level Philippine Council on ASEAN
Cooperation. The Council shall have two Technical Boards, namely: the
PCAC Technical Board for ASEAN Economic Cooperation and the PCAC
Technical Board for ASEAN Functional Cooperation. The Committee and its
two Technical boards shall be constituted in accordance with the
appended organizational chart. The present CAEC Technical Board shall
retain its functions as the newly-constituted PCAC Technical Board for
ASEAN Economic Cooperation with the NEDA Deputy Director General as
Chairman and the Assistant Minister for ASEAN Affairs as Vice Chairman.
The existing Sub-Committee of CAEC shall retain their functions, except
the sub-committee on Science and Technology which shall be absorbed by
the PCAC Technical Board on ASEAN Functional Cooperation.
Sec. 2. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be
the Chairman of the PCAC Technical Board for ASEAN Functional
Cooperation and shall determined its composition in accordance with the
functional committees or activities of ASEAN.
Sec. 3. Letter of Instructions No. 470, dated 04
October 1986, directing the organization of a Cabinet-level Committee
on Economic Matters pertaining to ASEAN, is hereby superseded by this
Administrative Order and the Committee on ASEAN Economic Cooperation,
which was organized as a result of LOI No. 470, is hereby replaced by
the Philippine Council on ASEAN Cooperation (PCAC).
Sec. 4. The Chairman of the Council shall
establish a system of honoraria or allowances for the meetings of the
Council in accordance with existing accounting and auditing regulations.
Sec. 5. The Office of the Budget and Management is
hereby directed to appropriate and release the initial amount of ONE
MILLION PESOS (P1,000,000.00) for the financial and operational
requirements of the Council until December 1987 and to subsequently
appropriate and release such amount as deemed necessary for the annual
operation of the Council, chargeable to the funds of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and subject to accounting and auditing
requirements.
Sec. 6. This Administrative Order shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty-six.
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