EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 485 - CREATING A NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE IN CONNECTION WITH THE NATION-WIDE OBSERVANCE AND PHILIPPINE PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD IN 1979

WHEREAS, the Philippines views with deep concern the situation of children in Asia where eighty per cent of human poverty exists and half of the world’s population lives;  

WHEREAS, the Philippines is in full accord with the resolution adopted by the United Nations General assembly on the International Year of the Child adopted at the 106th plenary meeting on 21 December 1976;

WHEREAS, Presidential Proclamation 1604-A dated 10 December 1976 directs the Filipino people to observe the Decade of the Filipino Child for the years 1977-1987 and includes therein in the Philippine participation in the International Year of the Child in 1979; and

WHEREAS, it is of importance that the observance of said International Year of the Child be efficiently organized and that all agencies, governmental and non- governmental, should cooperate and coordinate with one another to ensure its success;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the creation of the National Steering Committee for the International Year of the Child in 1979, composed as follows:  

Mrs. Imelda Romualdez Marcos
Honorary Chairman

Dr. Estefania Aldaba-Lim
Chairman

Dr. Clemente S. Gatmaitan
Co-Chairman  

Members:

Secretary Juan L. Manuel
Dr. Onofre D. Corpuz
Undersecretary Manuel Collantes
Dr. Jaime C. Laya
Ambassador Leandro I. Verceles
Dr. Fe del Mundo
Dr. Leticia Perez de Guzman  
Director Bai Hadji Fatima Matabay Plang

Since 19.07.98.