Proclamation No. 525, s. 1995

MALACANANG MANILA fApltl lifg,; BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PffiLIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 525 DECLARING FEBRUARY 1995 AS CLIMATE CHANGE CONSCIOUSNESS MONTH WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 522 has declared January 1, 1995 to December 31,2005 as Philippine Environment Decade and Calendar Year 1995 as, Philippines-ASEAN Environment Year; WHEREAS, the Phuket Declaration of. the Second East Asia and Pacific' Parliamentarians Conference on Environment and Development has noted that East Asia and the Pacific region contains many areas that are particularly vulnerable to..clim3te chant~~; . WHEREAS, the Asia-Pacific Conference on CliQJate Change to be held in Manila on February 18-20, 1995 will serve as a venue for Asia-Pacific..leaders and experts to explore policy and legislative measures and to forge collaborative ties in preparation for the 'Climate Change Convention in Berlin in 1995 under themandate of the of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; " WHEREAS,. this Manila conference is an opportunity to raise public awareness of the causes and tjffects of climate change and its impact on the -"Cenvironment; .. WHEREAS, there is a need to continuously inform and educate the public, especially the Filipino youth, on coordinated action on Climate Change to effectively mobilize their varticipation in such efforts; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and by law, do hereby declare the monh of Fetruary 1995 as the Climate Change Consciousness month in th Philippines. DONE in the City of Manila, this27~ay of January our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-five. , in the year of PMS LIar \RY By the President: He . C --L-- TE;Ii~~'r.~~~r~~ONA, JR. Executive Secretary PLL/JHA 9501-1367 1111111111111111111111111111111111111 PMS lIBRARY BCODEOO7789