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Batas Pambansa Bilang 694
AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE HONORABLE GENERAL CARLOS P. ROMULO, FORMER MINISTER
FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO DISPLAY THE NATIONAL COLORS AND AFFIX THE GREAT
SEAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES IN PROMINENT PLACES AT HIS
RESIDENCE.
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BATAS
PAMBANSA BILANG 694AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE HONORABLE GENERAL CARLOS P. ROMULO, FORMER MINISTER
FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO DISPLAY THE NATIONAL COLORS AND AFFIX THE GREAT
SEAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES IN PROMINENT PLACES AT HIS
RESIDENCE.chan
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chan
robles virtual law libraryWHEREAS,
the Honorable General Carlos P. Romulo served the Philippine Government
in various capacities, the most recent of which is as Minister for
Foreign
Affairs, where he served for the longest term until, incapacitated by a
weakened physical condition, he had to retire from the government
service
on his eighty-fifth birthday in January of this year;chanrobles virtual law library
WHEREAS,
General Romulo is the only living signatory to the Charter of the
United
Nations, the Bretton Woods Agreement that established the World Bank
and
the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the San Francisco Peace Treaty
with
Japan, the Mutual Defense Treaty between the Philippines and the United
States of America, and hundreds of other international conventions,
treaties,
covenants, protocols, pacts, and agreements that have brought about
lasting
benefits of political, strategic, military, economic, and cultural
advantages
to the Philippines; has brought unprecedented honors to the Philippines
and the Filipino people as the first Asian to serve as the President of
the United Nations General Assembly, as a four-time President of the
United
Nations Security Council, and as Chairman if innumerable international
conferences and conclaves; was a Philippine Delegate to the United
Nations,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of
America,
and finally was Minister for Foreign Affairs for the past 14
years; chanrobles virtual law library
WHEREAS,
since time immemorial it is a universal diplomatic practice sanctioned
by the law of nations that chiefs of diplomatic missions as well as the
heads of diplomacy of host countries display their national colors as
well
as the coat of arms of their respective countries in their residence,
which
signal honor was never accorded to General Romulo during his incumbency
because of the absence of an official residence for the Philippine
Minister
for Foreign Affairs; chanrobles virtual law library
WHEREAS,
a belated grant of authority to display the national colors and the
Great
Seal of the Republic of the Philippines at his residence is a humble
gesture
of a grateful nation in acknowledging his manifold contributions to the
nation and in honoring the man who has become a Philippine legendary
figure
in diplomacy and a towering personality among world diplomats; Now,
therefore, chanrobles virtual law library
Section
1. The Honorable General
Carlos P. Romulo, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, is authorized to
display the national colors and the Great Seal of the Republic of the
Philippines
in prominent places at his residence at all times for as long as he
lives.
Sec.
2. This Act shall take
effect upon its approval.chanrobles virtual law library
Approved:
March 7, 1984
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