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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 421 - FURTHER
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 203 DATED 27 SEPTEMBER 1994, AS AMENDED BY
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 356, DATED 12 JULY 1996
WHEREAS,
Executive Order No. 203, dated 27 September 1994, created the oversight
and executive Committees for the Social Reform Agenda; Since 19.07.98.
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 203 was amended by Executive Order No.
356, dated 12 July 1996, to provide for the expanded membership of the
Social Reform Council and the implementing guidelines on the
institutional arrangements to fast-track SRA localization;
WHEREAS, one of the demands made by the Children/Youth/Students Sector
was the creation of a separate Children’s Sector with clearly defined
and distinct programs, services and activities under the SRA;
WHEREAS, children below 15 years of age have social welfare needs that
cut across all age levels, and disadvantaged children have unique
problems and needs that should be addressed separately from that of
students and youth;
WHEREAS, existing children’s programs and services are focused on
“survival” and “health” measures that are essential to their
well-being, but lack activities that develop the responsibility of
children to participate in community and governmental planning and
decision-making;
WHEREAS, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and
the Philippine Plan of Action for Children recognize the right of
children to participate in associations, organizations and formal
groups designed to promote their total growth and development;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order the amendment of Executive Order No. 203, dated 27 September
1994, as amended by Executive Order No. 356, dated 12 July 1996 to
create a separate Children’s Sector in the Social Reform Council and to
encourage representation of Children in all relevant political, social
and cultural structures of the government.
The Council for the Welfare of Children together with the Department of
Social Welfare and Development, as the flagship champion for the
Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services and the
Children’s Sectoral Council of Leaders, shall spearhead and oversee the
formulation of the National Children’s Development Plan.
This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE, in the City of Manila,
this 20th day of June in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety Seven.
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