Sec. 1. There is hereby created a Philippine National Preparatory Committee for HABITAT: The United Nations Conference on Human Settlements whose members shall be drawn from agencies and bodies engaged in human settlements development. To this end, the First Lady, Mrs. Imelda R. Marcos, is hereby designated Chairman of said National Preparatory Committee, with the Director- General of the National Economic and Development Authority, the Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for United Nations and International Conferences, the Chairman of the Task Force on Human Settlements, the Director of the Environmental Center of the Philippines, the Chairman- General Manager of the People's Homesite and Housing Corporation and the Officer-in-Charge of the Presidential Assistant on Housing and Resettlements Agency as members.
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Executive Order No. 439 (1974)
Executive Order No. 439 (1974)
WHEREAS, in order to highlight the country's achievements in human settlements planning and development and contribute to the collective human settlements technology of the world as well as the success of HABITAT, it is desirable that the Philippines have as effective and thorough a participation in HABITAT as possible including the preparatory regional and other meetings, conferences, seminars, workshops and the like:
Sec. 2. The Committee shall have the following powers and functions:
a. To prepare and submit to the President for approval the plans and proposals for Philippine participation in HABITAT, including proposed country and position papers, exhibits, delegation members, and other participation matters.
b. To call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need in the performance of its duties and functions.
Sec. 3. To provide the technical and staff support to the National Preparatory Committee, the staff of the Task Force on Human Settlements is hereby designated as Coordinating Secretariat of the Committee with the Project Director of the Task force as Committee Executive Officer.
This Executive Order shall take effect immediately
Sec. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Four.