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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 304 -
AUTHORIZING THE TASK FORCE ON REFUGEE ASSISTANCE AND ADMINISTRATION AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO RESPECTIVELY ISSUE IDENTITY PAPERS
AND TRAVEL DOCUMENTS TO REFUGEES STAYING IN THE PHILIPPINES AND
PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES THEREFOR
WHEREAS,
the Republic of the Philippines is a signatory to the 1951 Convention
(and the 1967 Protocol) Relating to the Status of Refugees;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Articles 27 and 28 of the 1951 Convention, the
Philippines undertakes to issue identity papers to any refugee in the
Philippines who does not possess a valid travel document, and to issue
travel document to refugees lawfully staying in the Philippines to
enable them to travel outside Philippine territory, unless compelling
reasons of national security or public sector otherwise require; and
WHEREAS, under Article 35 (1) of the 1951 Convention, the Philippines
undertakes to cooperate with the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, or any other agency of the United Nations
which may succeed it, in the exercise of its functions, and shall in
particular facilitate its duty of supervising the application of the
provisions of the said Convention;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and in order to effect the
needed assistance to refugees reaching the Philippines, do hereby
order:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 31st day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-seven.
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