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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 468 July 14, 1976

CREATING A PERMANENT COMMITTEE FOR THE JOINT PHILIPPINE-ROMANIAN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COMMISSION

WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines and the Socialist Republic of Romania, desiring to strengthen the friendly relations existing between them and recognizing the advantages to be derived by their respective peoples in promoting and developing mutual scientific and technological Cooperation on April 12, 1975;

WHEREAS, Article VII of the Agreement states that "the Contracting Parties agree to establish within six months from the last notification of approval of the Agreement, a Joint Commission for Scientific and Technological Cooperation composed of an equal number of representatives of the Contracting Parties and which will meet alternatively in the Philippines and Romania;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby create a PHILIPPINE PERMANENT COMMITTEE FOR THE JOINT PHILIPPINE ROMANIAN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COMMISSION composed as follows:

Chairman	Dr. Melecio S. Magno, Chairman, National Science Development Board
Co-Chairman	Ambassador Leticia R. Shahani, Philippine Embassy, Romania
Vice-Chairman	Ambassador Pablo R. Suarez, Jr. Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs
Vice-Chairman	Mr. Gabriel Itchon, Undersecretary, Department of Industry
Members	Dr. Manuel Alba, Deputy Director-General National Economic and Development Authority
	Mr. Jose P. Leviste, Executive Director-Energy Development Board
	Mr. Manuel Zosa, Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture
	Mr. Antonio Aguenza, Assistant Secretary, Department of Natural Resources
	Mr. Vedasto Suarez, Assistant Secretary,,Department of Education and Culture
	Mr. Manuel Salientes, Jr., Director, Development Management Staff- Office of the President
	A representative of the President of the University of the Philippines System.

The Committee shall be empowered to promulgate its rules and regulations as may be required, to facilitate the performance of its function. It may call upon the assistance of any government agency, corporation or instrumentality, as well as any private entity on an ad hoc basis.

Such advisers as may be required for the meetings of the Joint Commission shall be appointed by the Chairman with the concurrence of the Philippine Permanent Committee.

Technical assistance as well as secretariat services shall be extended by the National Science and Development Board, subject prospectively to the creation of a Permanent Secretariat therein as the need arises.

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

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