MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 475, December 19, 1974 ]
CONSTITUTING THE PHILIPPINE PANEL OF DELEGATE TO THE 8TH SESSION OF THE FAO INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP ON HARD FIBERS, JANUARY 20-25, 1975, IN MANILA.
WHEREAS, it will be recalled that due to the Philippine request for a containing review of the world’s hard fiber market in 1955, the FAO Intergovernmental Group in Hard Fibers was finally established in 1966;
WHEREAS, even as abaca has always been one of the important items discussed at the Group’s session since its inception in 1966, it failed to sustain any international cooperation and commitment of assistance from any of the FAO member counties;
WHEREAS, the awakening of the world to the crisis of abaca fortunately came in the wake of the establishment of the New Society in the Philippines;
WHEREAS, come January 20-25, 1975, the Philippines will host the 8th Session of the FAO Intergovernmental Group on Hard Fibers in Manila;
WHEREAS, the forthcoming Session, the first ever held in Asia and the second only outside of Rome, would serve as an appropriate and opportune venue through which the Philippine government could solidify domestic efforts to put the international affairs of abaca and of the other commercial fibers, including their by-products, in their proper perspective.
WHEREFORE, there is hereby constituted the Philippine Panel of delegates to represent the country in the 8th Session of the FAO Intergovernmental Group on Hard Fibers to be held in Manila on January 20-25, 1975 the constitution of which shall be as follows:
Undersecretary J. D. Drilon, Jr.
Department of Agriculture |
Chairman |
Governor Cesar Lanuza
Board of Investments |
Vice-Chairman(Government Section) |
Mr. Bernardo G. Silverio
President, Isarog Pulp & Paper Co. |
Vice-Chairman (Private Sector) |
Mr. Sergio A. Barrera
Assistant Secretary
Department of Foreign Affairs |
Member |
Mr. Jose M. Lawas
Director, Regional Development
Staff, NEDA |
Member |
Mr. Juan Dy Reyes
Officer-in-Charge, BFIS
Department of Trade |
Member |
Mr. Verden Dangilan
Manager, Development Bank of the Philippines |
Member |
Mr. Arcadio D. Sarmiento
Office of the Secretary
Department of Agriculture |
Member |
Mr. Anton Larrauri
President, Philippine Fiber
Exporters Association |
Member |
Mr. Paul Valdez, Jr. President, Mindanao Abaca
Planters Association |
Member |
Mr. Romeo Santos
President, Camarines Sur
Abaca Planters and Producers Association |
Member |
Col. Francisco M. Gomez
President, Gomez Cellulose International |
Member |
Mr. Juan Miguel Romualdez
President, Federation of Coir Producers and Exporters |
Member |
WHEREFORE, the Membership of the Philippine Panel to the Informal Meeting of Research Scientists which will be held simultaneously with the FAO Group’s Sessions is also hereby constituted as follows:
Mr. Joseph Madanba
Director-General
Philippine Council for Agricultural Research |
Chairman |
Mr. Verdun Dangilan
Manager, Development Bank of the Philippines |
Vice-Chairman |
Mr. Jesus Alix
Acting Director, Bureau of Agricultural Economics |
Member |
Mr. Bernardo Castillo
Director, Bureau of Plant Industry |
Member |
Mr. Panfilo Tabora
U.P. College of Agriculture |
Member | ℒαwρhi৷
By authority of the President:
(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
Manila, December 19, 1974
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