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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 215, April 22, 1970 ]

CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE 21ST COLOMBO PLAN CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

WHEREAS, the Philippine Government offered to host the 21st Colombo Plan Consultative Committee Meeting which has been scheduled from 16 to 29 November 1970, including Officials’ and Ministers’ Meetings as well as Post-Conference Tours;

WHEREAS, the offer was accepted by the participating countries at the 20th Colombo Plan Meeting held in Canada in October 1969; and

WHEREAS, to ensure the success of the Meeting at which delegations from 24 countries headed by Ministers of Cabinet level shall be attending, there is a need to create an Executive Committee to take charge of all the necessary arrangements.

NOW THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby designate the following to compose the Committee for the purpose indicated herein:

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Chairman	–	Honorable Manuel Collantes
		Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs
Members	–	Honorable Efren Plana
		Undersecretary of National Defense
	–	Honorable Juan Manuel
		Acting Undersecretary of Education
	–	Honorable Jacobo Clave
		Presidential Executive Assistant
		Office of the President
	–	Honorable Ponciano Mathay
		Acting Assistant Executive Secretary
		Office of the President
	–	Honorable Rizalino R. Pablo
		Executive Director
		National Economic Council
	–	Honorable Apolinario Orosa
		Deputy Director-General
		Presidential Economic Staff
	–	Honorable Antonio J. Villegas
		Mayor, City of Manila
	–	Mr. Antonio de la Torre
		Chief Budget Analyst
		Budget Commission

The Executive Committee is hereby authorized to organize the necessary working committees, establish a Secretariat to implement plans and policies, and undertake such other activities as may be needed to ensure the success of the 21st Colombo Plan Consultative Committee Meeting.

The Executive Committee is further authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in discharging its duties and functions; and furthermore, to draw upon funds made available for the purpose in accordance with law.

The Secretariat shall be headed by the Honorable Manuel Collantes as Secretary-General to be assisted by the Honorable Apolinario Orosa, who shall act as Deputy Secretary-General for Proceedings, and by the Honorable Alberto Katigbak, Director of Protocol of the Department of Foreign Affairs, who shall act as Deputy Secretary-General for Operations.

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of April in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

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