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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 355 -
REACTIVATING THE NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE FIFTH ASIAN AND
PACIFIC MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS,
The Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference in Preparation for the
World Summit for Social Development held in Manila, Philippines on
12-18 October 1994 adopted the Manila Declaration on the Agenda for
Action on Social Development in the Economic And Social Commission For
Asia And The Pacific (ESCAP) Region, which contains strategies to
address critical social development issues facing the countries of the
region;
WHEREAS, the World Summit for Social Development held in Copenhagen,
Denmark on 6-12 March 1996 adopted the Copenhagen Declaration and
Programme of Action which embody the commitments, policies, actions and
measures to address the global problems of poverty, unemployment and
social disintegration in a framework of sustained economic growth,
sustainable development, and a national and international environment
favorable to social development;
WHEREAS, the Fifth Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Social
Development, hereinafter referred to as the Conference scheduled in
1997 or early 1998, will opportunity to review implementation of the
Manila Declaration on the Agenda for Action on Social Development in
the ESCAP Region as well as the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of
Action;
WHEREAS, as requested by the United National ESCAP during its 52nd
Session held in April 1996 in Bangkok, Thailand, the Philippines agreed
to host the Conference;
WHEREAS, a National Organizing Committee, hereinafter referred to as
the Committee, was created through Executive Order No. 154 issued by
the President in 27 January 1994 for the Asian and Pacific Ministerial
Conference in Preparation for the World Summit for Social Development;
WHEREAS, there is a need to reactivate the Committee to facilitate
preparations for the Conference to fully ensure its success;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby reactivate the
Committee and authorize the same to undertake the necessary
preparations for the Conference.
The composition of both the Committee and the Executive Committee is
amended to include the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Social
Development, as member, in lieu of the Office of the President.
Such amounts as may be necessary for the operation of the Committee,
its Secretariat and Subcommittees and the holding of the Conference
shall be included in the International Commitments Fund portion of the
Fiscal Year 1997 budget.
This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of July in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Six.
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