Administrative Order No. 76 — Creating the National Organizing Committee for the 1999 Informal Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Countries (asean) and Its Related Meetings, Prescribing Its Authority and Functions

MALACAÑANG MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 76

CREATING THE NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE 1999 INFORMAL SUMMIT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES (ASEAN) AND ITS RELATED MEETINGS, PRESCRIBING ITS AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS

WHEREAS, the Philippines has committed to promote peace and prosperity in Southeast Asia by maintaining and strengthening its relations with the member-countries of ASEAN;

WHEREAS, the Philippines has made ASEAN the cornerstone of its foreign policy;

WHEREAS, the Philippines will host, in 1999, the Third ASEAN Informal Summit and its related meetings;

WHEREAS, there is a need to constitute a national committee to organize and supervise all activities related to the hosting of the said meetings;

NOW THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order that:

Secretary of Foreign Affairs - Chairman

Executive Secretary - Co-Chairman

Secretary of Trade and Industry - Member

Secretary of Finance - Member

Secretary of National Defense - Member

Secretary of Interior and Local Government - Member

Secretary of Transportation and Communication - Member

Secretary of Tourism - Member

Secretary of Public Works and Highways - Member

Secretary of Budget and Management - Member

Press Secretary - Member

Chief of Presidential Protocol - Member

Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas - Member

Chairman, Metro Manila Development Authority - Member

2.1 Formulate and recommend a Work Program to the President within ninety (90) days from the signing of this Administrative Order;

2.2 Implement the work plan once approved by the President and supervise and monitor all activities in relation thereto;

2.3 Call upon any official, agent, employee, agency or instrumentality of the national or local government for any assistance that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Administrative Order;

2.4 Negotiate and conclude agreements and contracts necessary for the attainment of the objectives of this Administrative Order, including contracts for services;

2.5 Create a Secretariat to be headed by a Secretary-General and assisted by Deputy Secretaries-General as deemed appropriate. The Secretariat shall be composed of sub-committees, task forces and other appropriate bodies as deemed necessary.

SECTION 4. Coordination with PCAAAC — The ASEAN-NOC shall coordinate with the Philippine Council on ASEAN, APEC, ASEM Cooperation (PCAAAC) which shall continue to be responsible for formulating the Philippine position in substantive issues related to ASEAN.

Done in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 20 th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-nine.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA Executive Secretary

Office of the President of the Philippines. (1999). [Administrative Orders Nos. : 1 - 144]. Manila : Presidential Museum and Library.

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[PDF] Administrative Order No. 76, July 20, 1999