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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 220 -
CREATING AN INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to
protect and advance the right of the Filipino people to a balanced and
healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of
nature;
WHEREAS, there is mounting scientific evidence of an impending global
warning, a phenomenon caused by the accumulation of heat-trapping gases
in the atmosphere with consequences which are far-reaching in scope and
irreversible in nature;
WHEREAS, the World Meteorological Organization at its Tenth Congress in
1987 recommended that an inter-governmental mechanism be established,
jointly with the United Nations Environmental Programme, to study all
issues related to climate change
WHEREAS, the United Nations has resolved that identification and
possible strengthening of existing conventions and protocols with a
bearing on climate change should be instituted;
WHEREAS, the Philippines is located in an area where extreme climate
changes likely to occur due to global warning will adversely affect its
coastal areas and critical land ecosystems;
WHEREAS, the Science and Technology Coordinating Council, the highest
science and technology governing body of the country, identified the
need for us to join hands with the inter-national Community to correct
the growing trend towards global warning and to prepare our defenses
against its adverse effects;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
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DONE in the City of Manila,
this 8th day of May, in the year of Our Lord! nineteen hundred and
ninety-one.
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