Administrative Order No. 382 (1976)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 382, February 26, 1976 ]

CREATING AN INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE FOR THE FORTHCOMING 13TH FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST

WHEREAS, the food problem is most acute in Asia;

WHEREAS, the Philippines should take the lead in solving the food problem in Asia;

WHEREAS, the Philippines has accepted to host the 13th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Far East to be held in Manila on August 2-13, 1976 which will discuss ways of alleviating hunger;

WHEREAS, having been given the signal honor of hosting the 13th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Far East it is necessary that we ensure its success;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create an Inter-Agency Committee to supervise and coordinate the necessary preparations and arrangements for the forthcoming 13th FAO Regional Conference in Manila and undertake liaison work with the FAO Secretariat in Rome, and such Committee to be composed of the following:

Asst. Sec. Luis R. Baltazar - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chairman

Department of Agriculture

Consul-General Armando Fernandez - - - - - -1st Vice-Chairman

Department of Foreign Affairs

Dept. Exec. Director Edgardo Quisumbing - - 2nd Vice-Chairman

National Food & Agriculture Council

Mr. Zosimo Topacio - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Central Bank

Mr. Ernesto Singson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Department of Tourism

Asst. Sec. Marcelino de Guzman - - - - - - - - - Member

Department of National Defense

Atty. Ricardo Ampil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Bureau of Customs

Atty. Tirso Santillan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Commission on Immigration & Deportation

Atty. Magdaleno B. Cortez - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Department of Agriculture

Consul Jose A. Syjuco - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Department of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Amante Bigornia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Department of Public Information

The Committee is empowered to call any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need for the accomplishment of its task.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Six.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Assistant