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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 382, February 26, 1976 ]

CREATING AN INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE FOR THE FORTHCOMING 13TH FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST

WHEREAS, the food problem is most acute in Asia;

WHEREAS, the Philippines should take the lead in solving the food problem in Asia;

WHEREAS, the Philippines has accepted to host the 13th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Far East to be held in Manila on August 2-13, 1976 which will discuss ways of alleviating hunger;

WHEREAS, having been given the signal honor of hosting the 13th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Far East it is necessary that we ensure its success;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create an Inter-Agency Committee to supervise and coordinate the necessary preparations and arrangements for the forthcoming 13th FAO Regional Conference in Manila and undertake liaison work with the FAO Secretariat in Rome, and such Committee to be composed of the following:

Asst. Sec. Luis R. Baltazar - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chairman
Department of Agriculture

Consul-General Armando Fernandez - - - - - -1st Vice-Chairman
Department of Foreign Affairs

Dept. Exec. Director Edgardo Quisumbing - - 2nd Vice-Chairman
National Food & Agriculture Council

Mr. Zosimo Topacio - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Central Bank

Mr. Ernesto Singson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Department of Tourism

Asst. Sec. Marcelino de Guzman - - - - - - - - - Member
Department of National Defense

Atty. Ricardo Ampil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Bureau of Customs

Atty. Tirso Santillan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Commission on Immigration & Deportation

Atty. Magdaleno B. Cortez - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Department of Agriculture

Consul Jose A. Syjuco - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Department of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Amante Bigornia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Department of Public Information

The Committee is empowered to call any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need for the accomplishment of its task.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Six.£A⩊phi£

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant

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