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.1aшphi1 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