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 Department of Agriculture	Chairman
Consul-General Armando Fernandez Department of Foreign Affairs	1st Vice-Chairman
Dept. Exec. Director Edgardo Quisumbing National Food & Agriculture Council	2nd Vice-Chairman
Mr. Zosimo Topacio Central Bank	Member
Mr. Ernesto Singson Department of Tourism	Member
Asst. Sec. Marcelino de Guzman Department of National Defense	Member
Atty. Ricardo Ampil Bureau of Customs	Member
Atty. Tirso Santillan Commission on Immigration & Deportation	Member
Atty. Magdaleno B. Cortez Department of Agriculture	Member
Consul Jose A. Syjuco Department of Foreign Affairs	Member
Mr. Amante Bigornia Department of Public Information	Member

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.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant