WHEREAS, the Philippine Government has offered to host, and which offer has been accepted, the 35th Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to be held in Manila from 5 to 16 March 1979;

WHEREAS, the Philippine Government attaches great importance to the Conference which will consider vital questions of development, affecting particularly the developing countries;

WHEREAS, it is extremely important that such a meeting is efficiently organized and that all agencies concerned, governmental and non-governmental, should cooperate and coordinate with one another to 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 order the creation of the following Committees for the 35th Session of ESCAP in order that the meeting may be organized and run efficiently:

1. Committee on Substantive Matters

The Permanent Inter-Agency Technical Committee on ESCAP Matters created under NEDA Memorandum Order 20-76 is hereby designated as the Committee on Substantive Matters. The Committee on Substantive Matters shall be responsible for the technical and substantive work preparatory to and during the conference proper.

2. Committee on Conference Arrangements

This Committee shall be in-charge of preparations for conference facilities and services. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs shall be the Chairman, the Deputy Director- General of the National Economic and Development Authority as Co-Chairman, and the Assistant Minister for United Nations Affairs and International Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Vice-Chairman. The representatives of the Central Bank, Ministry of Public Information, Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communications, Bureau of Customs, Ministry of Tourism, Metro Manila Commission, National Media Production Center, Land Transportation Commission, Budget Commission, Ministry of Social Services and Development, Philippine International Convention Center, Presidential Security Command and Immigration Commission shall serve as members of this Committee.

The Chairman of each Committee is hereby empowered to request any agency or instrumentality of the Philippine Government to assist in the discharge of the Committees ™ duties and responsibilities and to designate such personnel, including consultants, it may require for the purpose.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall establish a system of per diems and allowances, for secretariat and other services.

The Budget Commission is hereby directed to appropriate and release the amount of P360,000.00 in 1978 and P2,000,000.00 only in 1979 under the Commitments to International Conferences for the hosting of the session.

This Order shall take effect immediately

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant