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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 66 -
CREATING THE NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE APPROPRIATE
CELEBRATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD DECADE FOR CULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT, 1988-1997, AND THE HOLDING OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL
FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE ON INDIGENOUS AND TRADITIONAL CULTURES IN
MANILA ON 20-25 OCTOBER 1988
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the United
Nations, through Resolution No. 41/187 adopted at its session of 8
December 1986, proclaimed the period 1988-1997 the World Decade for
Cultural Development to be observed under the auspices of the United
Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization.
WHEREAS, The Philippines, fully subscribing to the objectives of the
said Decade to wit, acknowledging the cultural dimension of
development; affirming and enriching cultural identities; broadening
participation in culture; and promoting international cultural
cooperation, is a signatory to the aforementioned Resolution;
WHEREAS, the U.N. Conference on the Decade of Women held at Nairobi in
July, 1988 responding to the initiative of the International League of
Folk Arts for Communication and Education (FACE) passed a resolution of
the Forward Looking Strategies for Women recommending to the United
Nations General Assembly that a year in the Decade be dedicated to
indigenous and traditional cultures to affirm the role of women in
promoting cultural identity and development;
WHEREAS, the UNESCO/International Theater Institute (ITI) at its 20th
Congress in Havana, Cuba in June 1987, approved the Philippine proposal
to host the International Festival and Conference on Indigenous and
Traditional Cultures in Manila in 1988 to usher in the United Nations
proclaimed World Decade of Cultural Development, to observe the 40th
anniversary of the International Theater Institute;
WHEREAS, it is now incumbent on the Philippine Government to undertake
such preparations as are necessary to support the World Decade for
Cultural Development and to promote full international, regional, and
national participation in the said Festival and Conference, thus
ensuring its success; and
WHEREAS, foremost among the preparations to be undertaken is the
creation of a National Organizing Committee to direct, coordinate, and
supervise Philippine participation in the World Decade for Cultural
Development in general, and the Festival and Conference in particular;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create the National
Organizing Committee for the First International Festival and
Conference on Indigenous and Traditional Cultures to usher in the World
Decade for Cultural Development.
The Honorary Chairman of the Committee shall be the Secretary of
Foreign Affairs of the Philippines. The Secretary of education, Culture
and Sports and the Secretary of Tourism, representing the government,
and the Chairman of the People's Council for Culture, Education,
Development and International Understanding (PCCEDIU) and the Chairman
of the Philippine Board of Advertising representing the private sector,
as co-chairpersons. The other members of the Committee shall be:
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The Honorary Chairman, Co-Chairpersons and other members of the
Committee may designate their respective permanent representatives in
case of their inability to personally participate in the work of the
Committee.
The Committee shall moreover establish a Secretariat to implement such
policies and guidelines on the project as shall be formulated by the
National Organizing Committee. The Secretariat shall be headed jointly
by the Director General of UNIO and the FACE Chairperson with the
Executive Secretaries of PCCEDIU and the TRICAP as Deputy Secretary
Generals. The Secretariat of the Committee shall be sited at the
Philippine International Convention Center in Manila.
The Committee is hereby also empowered to call upon all other agencies
and institutions of the Philippine Government as well as private
organizations and individuals concerned to assist the Committee in its
tasks and to contribute such resources as are required to ensure the
success of this undertaking.
The Department of Budget and Management is hereby directed to
immediately earmark and release such funds as are necessary for the
operations of the Committee and the Secretariat, sourced from and
equally chargeable to the current approved budgets of the participating
government agencies, subject to accounting and auditing
requirements.
This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 30th day of March in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen hundred and
eighty-eight
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