Executive Order No. 69 (1993)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Executive Order No. 69, March 18, 1993 ]

CREATING THE NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE THIRD ASEAN MEETING OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOCIAL WELFARE

WHEREAS, the Philippines, believing that real development has a human face, puts great value on social welfare concerns;

WHEREAS, the Philippines, being an active and committed member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), subscribes to participation in all ASEAN meetings which make it possible for Philippine interests and concerns to be incorporated in major ASEAN decisions and programs;

WHEREAS, the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Social Welfare, at its second meeting held in 26 March 1990 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, agreed to hold the third meeting in Manila in 1993, thus it is now incumbent on the Philippine Government to undertake such preparations as are necessary to ensure the successful holding of meeting in Manila in 1993;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create the National Organizing Committee for the Third ASEAN Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Social Welfare, hereinafter referred to as the Committee.

The Chairman of the Committee shall be drawn from the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Vice-Chairman from the Department of Foreign Affairs. The members of the Committee shall be from the –

Presidential Management Staff | – | Member Office of the Press Secretary | – | Member Congress of the Philippines | – | Member Department of Budget and Management | | Member Department of Education, Culture and Sports | – | Member Department of Agriculture | – | Member National Nutrition Council | – | Member Department of Health | – | Member Department of Labor and Employment | – | Member Department of Tourism- Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation | – | Member Presidential Assistant for Social Development | – | Member Department of the Interior and Local Government- Philippine National Police | – | Member Department of Transportation and Communications | – | Member Department of Public Works and Highways | – | Member

The Department Secretaries and Executive Directors of the members of the Committee may designate their respective permanent representatives to the Committee in case of their inability to personally participate in the work of the Committee.

The Committee is empowered to create a Secretariat and Sub-Committees and call upon all other government and non-government and private agencies and individuals concerned to assist the Committee in its tasks.

The Department of Budget and Management is hereby directed to immediately release the amount of Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Pesos (P3,800,000.00) to cover the operating expenses for meetings chargeable against the CY 1993 International Commitments Fund and subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 18th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety three.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDELMIRO A. AMANTE, SR.

Executive Secretary