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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1407
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1407 -
RATIFYING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION AND THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES CONCERNING THE LEGAL
STATUS OF THE WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION AND ITS REGIONAL SECRETARIAT
AT MANILA, PHILIPPINES
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WHEREAS,
the World Tourism Organization is an international inter-governmental
technical body dealing in all aspect of tourism;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the World Tourism Organization has for its fundamentalm the
promotion and development of tourism with a view to contributing to
economic development, international understanding, peace, prosperity,
and universal respect for, and observance of human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex,
language, or religion;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the World Tourism Organization, in pursuing thism, shall pay
particular attention to the interests of the developing countries in
the field of tourism;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines is a charter member of the
World Tourism Organization;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines was chosen by the World
Tourism Organization as the site of its Regional Secretariat for East
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WHEREAS, the establishment of the World Tourism Organization Regional
Secretariat for East Asia and the Pacific will directly stimulate the
development of the tourism industry in the country as well as the
countries in the region and will further enhance the emergence of the
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the
Philippines and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21,
1972, do hereby ratify, adopt and make as part of the law of the land
the Agreement made and entered into the Republic of the Philippines,
represented by the Honorable Secretary of Tourism, and the World
Tourism Organization, represented by its Secretary-General, on January
30, 1978 in the City of Manila, Philippines.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 8th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Seventy-Eight.
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