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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 97 - EXECUTIVE
ORDER APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE POLICY FRAMEWORK AND GUIDELINES FOR
PHILIPPINE PARTICIPATION IN UNITED NATIONS (UN) PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
WHEREAS,
the Philippine has been contributing its share of maintaining
international peace and security as called for in the Charter of the
United Nations, of which it is a founding member;
WHEREAS, the Philippine has sent its troops and humanitarian personnel
as part of the United Nations action in Korea in 1950-53, UN
peacekeeping operations in the Congo (ONUC) in 1992-1993, Iraq (UNGCI)
from 1991 up to the present, Cambodia (UNTAC) in 1992-1993, Haiti
(UNMIH) in 1994, Kosovo in 1999 up to the present, and East Timor
(INTERFET and UNTAET) in 1999 up to the present;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that the Department of Foreign Affairs, the
Department of National Defense, the Department of the Interior and
Local Government and other relevant government agencies be given an
adequate policy framework and guidelines for executing a decision by
the Executive to send Philippine military/police/civilian personnel to
a United Nations peacekeeping, peace-enforcement or peace-building
operation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
approve the attached “Policy Framework and Guidelines for Philippine
Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operation” (hereinafter referred to as
Policy Framework and Guidelines).
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 23rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Two.
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