Proclamation No. 473, s. 1989

-~ ~- ~ ,;- -,' MALACANANG t:;} MANILA ;"1;,i " "" Ui Co ," ,BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES - -'",;-- PROCLAMATION NO. 473 ~~j DEx::LARIM; OCIOBER 12, 1989, AS THE "NATIONAL BREASTFEEDIM; DAY" WHEREAS, Breastfeeding is a God-given natural resourceto nurture life; WHEREAS, Breastfeeding responds to the right of every child and pregnant and lactating nvther to be adequately nourished as a means of attaining and maintaining heal th; , Breastfeeding is unequalled in providing idealfood for the health growth and develo];:rnent of infants, and in building a unique biological and emotional basis for the health of both nvther and child; NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the po.'lers vested in me by law, do hereby declare October 12, 1989 as the "National Breastfeeding Day". IN WITNESS WHERroF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the philippines to be affixed. DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine. -P"{ 4, Y By the President: . --1 ~~~~~G .JR . Executive Secretary ..-