WHEREAS, the United Nations General Assembly, through Resolution 47192, decided to convene a World Summit for Social Development at the level of heads of State or Government to be held in 1995;

WHEREAS, the Philippines supports the convening of the World Summit for Social Development as an effort to develop an integrated global response to the universal human aspirations for peace, progress, and justice;

WHEREAS, the Philippines believes that the preparatory process for the Summit and the Summit itself will provide a valuable opportunity to promote a better understanding of the core issues to be addressed by the summit, namely: 1) the enhancement of social integration, particularly groups; 2) alleviation and reduction of poverty; and 3) expansion of productive employment, as well as an opportunity to identify the most appropriate policy responses, at the national, regional and international levels;

WHEREAS, the Philippines offered during the last General Assembly Session to host the Asian Regional Meeting on Social Development, preparatory to the World Summit,

WHEREAS, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has approved the proposal of the Philippines to host the Meeting, which enables the Philippine Government to undertake such preparations as are necessary to ensure the successful holding of the conference in Manila in 1994;

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 Asia and Pacific Ministerial Conference in Preparation for the World Summit for Social Development, hereinafter referred to as the Committee.

The Committee shall be chaired by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Vice-chairpersons shall be drawn from the Department of Social Welfare and Development and from the Department of Foreign Affairs. The member of the Committee shall be the heads of the following agencies:

Office of the President

Presidential Management Staff

Office of the Press Secretary

Department of Budget and Management

Department of Tourism - Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation

Department of the Interior and Local Government

Department of Transportation and Communications

Department of Public Works and Highways

Department of Education, Culture and Sports

Department of Labor and Employment

Department of Health

The Presidential Commission to Fight Poverty

The Presidential Commission on Countryside Development

Congress of the Philippines

National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women

National Council on Social Development

One representative from the Indigenous Community

One Adviser who shall be appointed by the President

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

The Executive Committee shall be composed of the following agencies/organizations:

Office of the President

National Economic and Development Authority

Department of Social Welfare and Development

Department of Foreign Affairs

National Council for Social Development

Department of Budget and Management

Department of Education, Culture and Sports

Department of Health

Philippine Airlines

The Executive Committee is empowered to create other necessary Subcommittees and to call upon all other government, non-government and private agencies and individuals concerned to assist the Committee in its tasks.

Such amounts as may be necessary for the operation of the Committee, its Secretariat and Sub-Committees, and the holding of the conference shall be included in the International Commitments Funds portion of the FY-1994 budget.

This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 27th day of January in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary