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SECTION 1
Composition of the National Committee
SECTION 1.
Composition of the National Committee.
- I hereby designate the following or their duly authorized representatives to compose the National Committee:
1.
Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs
– Chairperson
2.
Secretary, Department of Education, Culture and Sports
– Co-Chairperson
3.
Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources
– Member
4.
Secretary, Department of Health
– Member
5.
Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment
– Member
6.
Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform
– Member
7.
Secretary, Department of Tourism
– Member
8.
Secretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government
– Member
9.
Secretary, Department of Public Works and Highways
– Member
10.
Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
– Member
11.
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology
– Member
12.
Secretary, Department of National Defense
– Member
13.
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
– Member
14.
Secretary, Department of Transportation and Communications
– Member
15.
The Press Secretary
– Member
16.
Presidential Adviser/National Commission on Youth
– Member
17.
Commission on Human Rights
– Member
18.
Executive Directors of the
a) Office of Northern Cultural Communities
b) Office of Southern Cultural Communities
c) Office of Muslim Affairs
– Members
SECTION 2
Functions of the National Committee
SECTION 2.
Functions of the National Committee
.
- The National Committee shall prepare the appropriate national program for the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the National Decade for Filipino Indigenous Peoples which shall be implemented throughout the Philippines. The National Committee shall also undertake the necessary preparations for the participation of concerned agencies in national and international conferences concerning indigenous peoples, the development of educational and communications materials beginning with the holding in the Philippines of the Global Indigenous Cultural Olympics and Summit on December 1-10, 1995.
The National Committee may secure the cooperation of all government and private instrumentalities to ensure the success of its programs. It shall be in liaison with the Senate Committee on Environment and Education and the House Committee on Cultural Communities and Youth. The National Committee shall organize a Secretariat which will implement the programs and projects of the National Committee and which will include staff members from the organizing hosts of GICOS which are the TRICAP, coordinating for the indigenous peoples; the Earthsavers Movement, coordinating for the environmental NGOs and eco-communications; International Theatre Institute and FACE center coordinating for cultural groups, KBP coordinating with media groups, UP System and CHED for liaison with educational institutions in the tertiary level, the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), coordinating for the business sector, the University of the Philippines; Hotel and Restaurant Association of the Philippines to assist hospitality needs; and the MMA for Metro Manila Mayors and PICC/CCP for venue needs.
The National Committee may create such subcommittees as it may deem necessary.
SEC. 3
Funding
SEC. 3.
Funding
.
- The funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Administrative Order shall be taken from funds available in the Departments and government agencies represented in the National Committee, the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, and in the absence or insufficiency thereof, from any available lump sum appropriation and/or special fund, upon approval by the President.
SEC. 4
Repealing Clause
SEC. 4.
Repealing Clause
.
- All provisions of Administrative Order No. 28, Series of 1993 which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Administrative Order are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
SEC. 5
Effectivity
SEC. 5.
Effectivity
.
- This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE
in the City of Manila, this 13th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.
(Sgd.)
FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary