MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Administrative Order No. 116, March 20, 1965 ]

CLASSIFYING DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SERVICE INTO THREE CATEGORIES AND PROVIDING REGULATIONS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 1, PART C, TITLE II OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 708, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4112

WHEREAS, Section 1, Part C, Title II of Republic Act No. 708, as amended by Republic Act No. 4112, approved on June 20, 1964, provides that the President shall classify into three classes the posts to be occupied by Chiefs of Missions, on the basis of the importance of such posts and for salary purposes;

WHEREAS, there is need to provide regulations for the purpose of implementing the recently enacted statute afore­mentioned; and

WHEREAS, the Foreign Service of the Philippines is being gradually expanded to the extent that thirty-six (36) diplomatic missions are authorized in the General Appropriations Act for the Fiscal Year 1965 in comparison to only eleven (11) in 1952;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, do hereby classify the diplomatic posts in the Philippine Foreign Service as provided hereunder, and prescribe the following regulations in relation thereto:

(a) Diplomatic Missions, Class I:

(i) The Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.,
(ii) The Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York, U.S.A.,
(iii) The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, Japan,
(iv) The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand,
(v) The Philippine Embassy in Djakarta, Indonesia,
(vi) The Philippine Embassy in London, United Kingdom,
(vii) The Philippine Embassy in Bonn, West Germany,
(viii) The Philippine Embassy in Paris, France, and
(ix) The Philippine Embassy in Madrid, Spain.

(b) Diplomatic Missions, Class II:

(i) The Philippine Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands,
(ii) The Philippine Embassy in Rome, Italy,
(iii) The Philippine Embassy to the Holy See, Vatican City,
(iv) The Philippine Embassy in Taipeh, China,
(v) The Philippine Embassy in New Delhi, India,
(vi) The Philippine Embassy in Canberra, Australia,
(vii) The Philippine Mission to the European Offices of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland,
(viii) The Philippine Embassy in Brussels, Belgium,
(ix) The Philippine Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam,
(x) The Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
(xi) The Philippine Embassy in Karachi, Pakistan,
(xii) The Philippine Embassy n Berne, Switzerland, and
(xiii) The Philippine Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.

(c) Diplomatic Missions, Class III:

(i) The Philippine Embassy in Seoul, South Korea,
(ii) The Philippine Embassy in Rangoon, Burma,
(iii) The Philippine Embassy in Buenos Aires Argentina,
(iv) The Philippine Embassy in Cairo, United Arab Republic.
(v) The Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel,
(vi) The Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia,
(vii) The Philippine Embassy in Colombo, Ceylon,
(viii) The Philippine Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria,
(ix) The Philippine Embassy in Vientianne, Laos,
(x) The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, Canada,
(xi) The Philippine Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden,
(xii) The Philippine Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal,
(xiii) The Philippine Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, and
(xiv) The Philippine Embassy in Tananarive, Malagasy (Madagascar)

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 hereof, Chiefs of Mission who are commissioned to perform the functions of a principal officer and head of a diplomatic mission shall be assigned to commensurate posts as follows:

Positions Posts
Chief of Mission, Class I to Diplomatic Mission, Class I
Chief of Mission, Class II to Diplomatic Mission, Class II
Chief of Mission, Class III to Diplomatic Mission, Class III

3. For purposes of this Order, the Home Office of the Department of Foreign Affairs is hereby considered a diplomatic post and any Chief of Mission may be detailed or assigned thereto to occupy the position of Secretary of Foreign Affairs or Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in the absence of permanently appointed incumbents of the said positions. Any Chief of Mission may also be detailed or assigned to the Home Office to head any of the principal Offices or Divisions therein of comparable importance.

4. For budgetary purposes, ail positions of Chief of Mission from Class I to Class III shall be grouped in a pool, and not distributed to the specific diplomatic missions as was done heretofore. Incumbents of positions of Chief of Mission shall be assigned by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to the different diplomatic missions and to the Home Office as herein provided.

5. A Chief of Mission assuming the functions of a principal officer of a diplomatic mission of a lower category than his actual rank shall not thereby suffer any diminution in his basic salary, and to this end an excess of salary shall be provided for him while he remains in that assignment.

6. A Chief of Mission who may be assigned as principal officer of a diplomatic mission of a higher category than his present rank may, subject to the availability of funds and upon the express authority of the President on prior recommendation of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, be paid the difference in salary corresponding to the classification of the post, the said difference to be charged against any savings in appropriations for personnel service of the Department of Foreign Affairs. The differential pay shall begin to accrue from the date of his arrival at the post and shall cease upon his relief or recall therefrom.

7. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs is hereby authorized to promulgate such suppletory rules or instructions as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Order.1aшphi1

8. This Administrative Order shall take effect upon its promulgation.

Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAMON A. DIAZ
Executive Secretary


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