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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 17 -
ESTABLISHING THE TECHNICAL COOPERATION COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES
WHEREAS, the Philippine Government is
currently engaged in cooperative efforts to promote and strengthen
collective self-reliance among developing countries in the context of
their national development goals with the end in view of establishing a
New International Economic Order;
WHEREAS, the Philippine pledge of US $500,000 made at UNCTAD IV in
Nairobi in 1976 in implementation of technical assistance program in
favor of developing countries (LCDs) has been made available and is
currently administered by the Technical Assistance Council
(TAC);
WHEREAS, the First United Nations Conference on the Least Developed
Countries (LDCs) held in Paris on 1-5 September 1981, finalized and
adopted the substantial new Programme of Action for the 1980s for the
Least Developed Countries, and the Second United Nations Conference on
LDCs held again in Paris on 3-14 September 1990, finalized and adopted
the Paris Declaration and Programme of Action for the 1990s for the
LDCs;
WHEREAS, several resolution have been adopted within the United Nations
system, including, inter-alia, the Manila Declaration and Programme of
Action on Economic Cooperation Among Developing Countries (ECDC) and
the Buenos Aires Plan of Action on Technical Cooperation Among
Developing Countries (TCDC) calling for the promotion and
implementation of activities under the TCDC and ECDC;
WHEREAS, the first, Second, and Third Biennial Meetings of the Heads of
National Agencies for Technical Cooperation have called for the
establishment of national focal points to promote TCDC
activities;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for a body to act as the focal point
to coordinate and implement the Philippine Technical Cooperation
Program with other developing countries, including the least
development among them, and similar projects and activities implemented
by other government agencies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, by virtue of the power vested in me
under Book III, Title III, Chapter 10, Sec. 31, of the 1987
Administrative Code, do hereby order the following:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
The Chairman of the Council, however, may designate other Members to
the Council as the need arises.
The Members of the Council may designate their alternates who shall be
senior officials of the departments or agencies concerned, not lower
than Director level, to attend Council meetings.
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DONE in the City of Manila,
this 1st day of September in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and
ninety-two.
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