PROVIDING FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF STUDENT VOLUNTEERS IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC) 1996 MEETING IN THE PHILIPPINES

WHEREAS, a major objective of government is people empowerment entailing,
among others, the active participation of the youth in the affairs of state;

WHEREAS, a special concern of government is to create opportunities for the
youth to further enhance their academic skills through hands-on experience;

WHEREAS, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) encourages private
sector participation in issues and concerns most relevant to them;

WHEREAS, the Philippines’ hosting this year of APEC provides an excellent
opportunity for the youth to be involved in international conferences and other
relevant activities;

WHEREAS, the successful hosting of APEC activities in the Philippines
depends not only on the efforts of government but also on the active
participation of its citizenry, particularly the youth;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Coordination. The Department of Foreign Affairs, a
lead agency for the convening of major APEC meetings and the APEC National
Organizing Commission, as the duly constituted authority to organize and
supervise all activities related to the hosting of said meetings, shall devise
a program that would allow the active involvement of student volunteers in on-going
APEC undertakings leading to the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting to be held in
Subic in November 1996.

SEC. 2. Authority. The Office of the Chair of the APEC Senior Officials Meetings,
Department of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the Director-General, APEC NOC
Executive Committee, shall employ the services of an appropriate number of
student volunteers to be trained in the substantive aspects of the Philippine
preparations for the APEC hosting in 1996 for the APEC SOM Chair and the
administrative aspects for the APEC NOC.

SEC. 3. Funding. Each student volunteer shall receive a monthly honorarium of TWO
THOUSAND PESOS (P2,000.00) beginning on the month the student
volunteer reports for duty until December 1996 when the Philippine hosting of
APEC shall have concluded. The expenses to be incurred shall be charged, as
appropriate, against the funds of the APEC Substantive Group, Department of
Foreign Affairs and the International Commitments Fund Requirement for the
Hosting of the 1996 APEC Meetings as authorized in the General Appropriations
Act of 1996.

SEC. 4. Effectivity. This Executive Order
shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 10th day of April in the year of
Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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