SECTION 1
Composition
SECTION 1.
Composition
. The Committee shall be chaired by the Department of Social Welfare and Development, with representatives from the following agencies as members:
a)
Office of the President;
b)
Presidential Commission to Fight Poverty;
c)
Department of Interior and Local Government;
d)
Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor;
e)
Office of the Press Secretary; and
f)
Two (2) representatives from the non-government organizations or business sector.
The Chairman shall recommend to the President the private sector members to the Committee.
SEC. 2
Functions
SEC. 2.
Functions
. - The National Committee shall have the following functions and responsibilities:
a)
Formulate a comprehensive plan for the observance of the day;
b)
Ensure, direct, supervise, effect and coordinate all arrangements necessary for the observance of the day;
c)
Ensure the participation of concerned government agencies, non-government organizations, mass media, sectoral groups and individuals;
d)
Prepare reports to the President on the outcome of each observance.
The Committee may call upon any government instrumentality to render the necessary assistance for the observance. It may also create such task forces or sub-committees as may be deemed necessary.
SEC. 4
Effectivity
SEC. 4.
Effectivity
. - This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 4
th
day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety three.
(Sgd.)
FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary