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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 401 -
CREATING THE NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE 1998 ASIA-PACIFIC
ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC) MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN,
PRESCRIBING ITS AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the integration of the gender
perspective in all government policies and programs is a commitment
made by the Philippines during the Fourth World Conference on Women;
WHEREAS, the Philippines, as host of the 1996 APEC Summit, has
initiated in the promotion of gender as a crosscutting concern in APEC;
WHEREAS, there is a need to continue to promote gender as a
crosscutting priority in all APEC fora and integrate a gender
perspective at all levels of APEC work;
WHEREAS, the Philippines has been designated as host of the APEC
MINISTERIAL MEETING ON WOMEN, herein referred to as the MEETING to be
held in Manila on October 12-16, 1998;
WHEREAS, the convening of the Meeting is a concrete step as called for
in the 1996 APEC Leaders Declaration in Subic (Paragraph 18), directing
Ministers to "put special emphasis on the full participation of women
and youth", in the implementation of economic and technical cooperation
agenda;
WHEREAS, the 1996 APEC Framework for Strengthening Economic Cooperation
and Development called for the need for economic and technical
cooperation activities that shall promote equal opportunity for men and
women to avail of the benefits of economic growth;
WHEREAS, during the APEC Senior Officials Meeting III in August 1997,
support was expressed to the joint proposal of the Governments of the
Philippines and Canada to host a one-off event to highlight the role of
women in economic development and integration of women into the
mainstream of APEC activities;
WHEREAS, the Meeting will be primarily participated in by Ministers
Responsible for Women's Concerns related to economies and trade in APEC
to be supported by the Heads of the National Machineries and Others, to
advance and safeguard gender issues in the Trade Investment
Liberalization and Facilitation (TILF) agenda of APEC particularly in
the growth of small and medium enterprises, developing human capital,
harnessing technologies of the future and promoting sustainable growth
and equitable development;
WHEREAS, there is an imperative need to create a body that shall
organize and oversee all activities for the holding of the said
Meeting;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order that:
Section 1.
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Role of Filipino Women
(NCRFW)
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Skills Development
Authority
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Sustainable Development (NGO
Counterpart)
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The Members of the NOC may designate their permanent representative who are next-in-rank in their respective agencies.
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The representatives of the ExeCom member agencies must have the rank of at least Assistant Secretary or its equivalent. The ExeCom may create Sub-Committees and call upon or invite any government agency, non-government organizations or private individuals to assist the NOC in the performance of its tasks.
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Done in the City of Manila,
this 2nd day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety eight.
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