Proclamation No. 50, s. 1948

MALACANAN PAIJ,CE MANILA BY Ti{E FRESISEi{? OF T}M PTIILIPFINE$ pii0ctAi,tuiTIilN Nq, fo DHCLAnII;G Ti{E P:iF,IUD iihc.id FiLBi;;LtiiIiY 1 T0 !'E"3l1LT*}iY 2p I 1$48, j;'j TIiE pEr':I0il sOH TiiE FIF:ST AliN'iL FUI{D Ail,pafe}[ ilI' THli FIIILIFPII:'IE jlTI0i{,L F-}lD e;iCSS, 'ur-iiEi:iEi-S: oft Februar-rn I r 19t?, the liepublie,of the Fhilippines proelaliired ts adherence to the Geneva Red Cross Convention; it'I{EFtFliS, the Fhillpplne Netional iled cross is the body corporaie and politic created and officially de slgnateo under ltepublic :ct iio 95 ae the vofuntary or[anization io assist the ]lepublic of the Fhilipplnes in dischargin.* the obligations set forth in said Geneva iied Cross Convention and to perform such other duties as are incuinlceni upon a nationai Fed tross soclety; i";iiEFEAS, the Fhilippine I'l-ational Fetl -Cross., being n6w an indep6ndent organizatlon recognized by the Inter* national F.ed Cross, has to carry oil! no! only lts loeal program of health dna welfare but also its international bnfleatfon to asslst ln promotlng, through mutual asslst- anee and cooperation, better understandtng and. sympathy anong the peoples of the world I il] mF,EAS, the Phlltppj.ne ]iati.onal Red Cross j.s today qpndering inrialuable aid- to Flllpino veterans and to hos- pitalized- members of the Armecl Forces of the Phllippinest ind has contrlbuted and continues to eontrlbute to the health, welfare and safety qf our__peopJ-e through i-t_u se1.v* ice pr6grams in Di.saster Relief , Ng{ing^Servlgr }Iome Servieel Junlor Red Cross, First jlidr l,ife Saving ancl" other related activitlesl rfliHEnEAS, the Fi:ilipplne l{atlonal Hed cross has no regul-ar sour6e of inconb- to carry out the above-rnentioned^ seivlces and responsibliitles eiieept the volttntary eon- tributions obtained throu.gh personal sCIiicitatj-cn canpalgns conducted by lts Chaptersr &$ preseribed i-n its Congresslonal Charter=; , h0ir.S, FresiCent of the PhlI- r perioc f:"or FebruarY 1 to .od f.rr the Flrst Annual Fund ;ional heo Cr'oss, arin I ealI i, I i 1t rt iitii Date uploaded: November 25, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph \J' 2F upon all citizens end resiclents of the Pnllippinesr-irre* sfoectlve of national-lty or. creed: B$."gli as upon all pub lic-spi.rited organizations to sup.rort this earnpaiSn anC t give gener:ouslyof their means, time and per'sgl?l services in guitnerance of the alns and ends of the Fhilipplne 1gs1i6na1 lied Cl'oss" I also au.thoriae all provincial? cityt and rnunicl::a1 ,governflent officj.ais and, school a'i:.thor'1ties io accept, fot' the Philippine }iational }ied Cross, fYld rai.sing r6sponsilniiiiies ln ihej"r rerspective comnirnitj'eso I1i ',ITiii.i:i', l::i'l*'EOF: I hir'.'e hereunto set my hand and eauset1 the seaL of ihe riepublic of the Philippines to be effixed " Done at ihe $j-ty of iirtanlfa: this qlt aay of January, in the year of ilur Lord-, nineteen hundred and forty-eightr and of iire Incepen'lence'of the Fhilippines, the secondr Date uploaded: November 25, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph