Reorganizing And Renaming The Philippine Council On Asean And APEC Cooperation Into The Philippine Council For Regional Cooperation

Administrative Orders

Administrative Order No. 20

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 20

REORGANIZING AND RENAMING THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL ON ASEAN AND APEC COOPERATION INTO THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION

WHEREAS, the Philippines continues to adopt diplomacy for development as its central foreign policy thrust to further promote the national economic and political agenda through active participation in various international and regional fora;

WHEREAS, the Philippines will continually pursue the policy of strengthening and promoting friendly and mutually beneficial relations within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Asia Pacific region and with countries in other regions, within the context of intra-regional and inter-regional cooperation;

WHEREAS, the Philippine Council for ASEAN and APEC Cooperation (PCAAC), which was established under Administrative Order No. 7 (s. 1986), as amended by Administrative Order No. 136 (s. 1994), needs to be reorganized to take into account developments in the international arena, including the adoption of the ASEAN Charter and the establishment of new inter-regional cooperation structures;

WHEREAS, the ASEAN Charter commits ASEAN to intensify community building...