RATIFYING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES CONCERNING THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATIO…

WHEREAS, the World Tourism Organization is an international
inter-governmental technical body dealing in all aspects of tourism;

WHEREAS, the World Tourism Organization has for its
fundamental aim the promotion and development of tourism with a view to
contributing to economic development, international understanding, peace,
prosperity, and universal respect for, and observance of human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or
religion;

WHEREAS, the World Tourism Organization, in pursuing this
aim, shall pay particular attention to the interests of the developing countries
in the field of tourism;

WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines is a charter member
of the World Tourism Organization;

WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines was chosen by the
World Tourism Organization as the site of its Regional Secretariat for East Asia
and the Pacific;

WHEREAS, the establishment of the World Tourism Organization
Regional Secretariat for East Asia and the Pacific will directly stimulate the
development of the tourism industry in the country as well as the countries in
the region and will further enhance the emergence of the Philippines in the
international tourism scene.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines
and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, do hereby
ratify, adopt and make as part of the law of the land the Agreement made and
entered into by the Republic of the Philippines, represented by the Honorable
Secretary of Tourism, and the World Tourism Organization, represented by its
Secretary-General, on January 30, 1978 in the City of Manila, Philippines.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of June, in the year of Our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Eight.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
		Presidential Executive Assistant