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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 616 - CREATING
A NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE IN CONNECTION WITH THE NATIONWIDE
OBSERVANCE OF THE PHILIPPINE PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF
DISABLED PERSONS IN 1981
WHEREAS, it is established policy
of the Philippine Government to facilitate the speedy rehabilitation of
disabled persons for the purpose of minimizing economic loss or injury
to their families, to themselves, and to the Nation;
WHEREAS, on the above premise, the Philippines is in full accord with
the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the
International Year of Disabled Persons adopted at its thirty first
session on December 16, 1976;
WHEREAS, Presidential Proclamation No. 1996 dated August 21, 1980
directs the Filipino people to observe and participate in the
International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981; and
WHEREAS, it is of importance that the observance of said International
Year of Disabled Persons be efficiently organized, planned, coordinated
and implemented and that all agencies, governmental and
non-governmental, should cooperate 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 Disabled Persons in 1981, composed of as follows:
Mrs.
Imelda Romualdez Marcos
Mrs. Julita C. Benedicto
Members:
The National Steering Committee is hereby directed to prepare the guidelines and national blueprint for the observance of the International Year of Disabled Persons in accordance with the National Rehabilitation Plan formulated by the National Commission Concerning Disabled Persons, which is hereby designated as the lead agency responsible for coordinating programs and activities for the year.
The Committee is also hereby authorized to call upon any ministry, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its functions.
The Ministry of the Budget shall allocate such amount as may be necessary as determined and recommended by the Committee.
The Committee shall submit its report to the President as soon as possible.
This Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.
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