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Administrative Order No. 261
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 261 CREATING A NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST ASIA PACIFIC SUMMIT ON CHILD RIGHTS AND THE MEDIA
SECTION 1. National Organizing Committee. - A National Organizing Committee for the First Asia Pacific Summit on Child Rights and the Media, herein referred to as the Committee, is hereby created, which is tasked to orchestrate the overall implementation of the Summit activities.
SEC. 2. Composition. - The Committee shall be chaired by the Chairman of the Council for the Welfare of Children with the Chairman of the Philippine Children’s Television Foundation (PCTVF) as Vice-Chair, and with the representatives of the following, as members: Office of the Press Secretary Philippine Information Agency Presidential Management Staff Office of the Presidential Assistant for Social Development Department of Education, Culture and Sports Department of Foreign Affairs Department of Tourism Department of Interior and Local Government Department of Budget and Management National Economic and Development Authority Philippine National Police UNICEF Manila Republic Broadcasting System, Inc. (GMA) Asean Broadcasting Foundation
SEC. 3. Functions of the Committee. - The Committee shall create a Secretariat and such other sub-committees, as may be necessary to fulfill its mandate, and formulate mechanisms that will ensure the success of the Summit. Pursuant thereto, the Committee shall have the authority to call upon the assistance of any department, agency or instrumentality of the Government.
SEC. 4. Funding. - The amount of two million five hundred thousand pesos (P2,500,000.00) from the International Commitment Fund is hereby authorized for this purpose, subject to the usual government accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
SEC. 5. Effectivity. - This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 20th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES Executive Secretary