Administrative Order No. 301

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 301, July 20, 1971 ]

CREATING A COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF THE SEA TO ADVISE THE PHILIPPINE DELEGATION TO THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF THE SEA-BED AND THE OCEAN FLOOR BEYOND THE LIMITS OF NATIONAL JURISDICTION AND TO THE CONFERENCE ON THE LAW OF THE SEA

A committee is hereby created to give technical advice to the Philippine Delegation to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction and to the Conference on the Law of Sea, which shall be composed of the following:

(a) A representative of the Department of Foreign Affairs Chairman

(b) A representative of the Department of Justice Member

(c) A representative of the Department of National Defense Member

(d) A representative of the Presidential Economic Staff Member

(e) A representative of the National Science and Development Board Member

(f) A representative of the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey Member

(g) A representative of the Philippine Fisheries Commission Member

(h) A representative of the Bureau of Mines Member

The members of the Committee shall be designated by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs upon recommendation of the Department Heads concerned.

The Committee shall undertake work under the supervision of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To gather, collate and evaluate up-to-date information about the Philippines relevant to the subjects and issues which would come up for consideration by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in preparation for the Conference on the Law of the Sea in 1973; and

(b) To formulate policies, guidelines and suggestions, which, subject to appropriate approval, should motivate the Philippine Delegation in future sessions of the Sea-Bed Committee and in the Conference on the Law of the Sea.

Members of the Committee shall be paid such per diems, transportation and other expenses as may be fixed by law or regulation payable from the funds of their respective offices.(awÞhi(

Officials and employees of all departments, bureaus, offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the Government are hereby enjoined to cooperate with the Committee in the discharge of its task and to furnish to the Committee such data and information as it may need.

Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

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