WHEREAS, the Philippine Government will host the fifth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD V) in Manila from May 3 to June 1, 1979 as approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 1976 at its 32nd session;

WHEREAS, intensified preparations are already being undertaken, pursuant to Executive Order No. 497 dated 31 January 1978, to the end that the fifth session of the UNCTAD can bring the desired results to the country and to the international community, particularly the developing countries; and

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to create a Steering Committee that will exercise overall policy direction, control and coordination of the various activities for UNCTAD V;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order and establish the Steering Committee for UNCTAD V that will coordinate and harmonize action and activities for UNCTAD V on key decision areas in both substantive and physical aspects, the composition of which is as follows:

Mrs. Imelda Romualdez Marcos	-	Honorary Chairman
Minister Carlos P. Romulo	-	Chairman
Minister Cesar Virata	-	Vice-Chairman
Minister Troadio T. Quiazon, Jr.	-	Co-Vice-Chairman
Minister Jose D. Aspiras	-	Member
Minister Jaime C. Laya	-	Member
Governor Gregorio Licaros	-	Member
Deputy Minister Jose D. Ingles		Member
Deputy Minister Manuel Collantes	-	Member
Ambassador Leandro I. Verceles	-	Member

This Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 6TH day of FEBRUARY, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.


By the President:

(SGD.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant