Proclamation No. 695, s. 1991

irvt:::> LIDr(t{.Y MAbAJ.:EJANC1 MAR 0 4 1991 MANILA BY TI-IE F'FC:ES I DE I! 1- or: TI-E F'H I L I F'F' I NEB F..3 II.." F'f;:OCLAlvIA T I ON 1\10. 695 DE:::CI_.r~~F: I I\IG l-I-E r: I f':BT DAY OF 11AF':CI- OF EVEf':Y YEAr-.: AS C I V I L DEFENSE" D?'Y , WHEF:EAS!, the F'hj.1ippine civil de-fense system vJas established dLtr"ing the Commonwealth era with the issLtanCe or E:.:ecLtti've Ot-det- N(1. 5:3;5 gtfJd A)t-i1 1~ 194J. and was "fot-ma1j.zed tht-OLlg'h the E::'n~:\c::tment ;bh r'Llg Lt 5 "I:" I8!, 1954 o-{: F<e~)Ltt_1:I.ic Ac:t:. I~o. 11(7(:' O"t:"hf;!t"\lJi!:,;r:c:' . ::nowrl ","IS; -thf.i! l'l::ivi1 De1:erlse Act or 1954"; ~ i.JI-IE:F:E{...,.S~ 1::e:)Ltb1ic Act No. 119(:) r"eqLtires thf:":! r:)r"ga,-].zat.ion or L";j.vi1 I:)eerlse Cot_tr'c::iJ.s n(J~&J c::a:l1ed the Disaster' Coordirlat.iflg (::;oLtrlc::iJ.5~ at the prov]"ncial~ city and mLtr\icipa1 levels t(:) t-erldet- c:ivj.1 def':er\se set-vices dLtrirlg wat-~ Ot- othet- natt_tt-al or man--made C' ]"" a ..- t-"" I.-r-..J ". "" --" """ .:.., ~ "JI-"IE:::r~~E{.13~ j.t is impet-itj.ve to set asj.de a S",pec::la1 day rot- f.:ivj.l (:1f;":!.ferlse if' orrjer t.O 1-lj.gl-,1ight the errot-ts and services of the var"ioLls civil derense ot-ganizatiorls irl the c::oLtntt.y; WI--IEF:E=A!::) .the Irlter'rla.tiona1 Civil Defel,se Ot-ganj.zatiorl!, (jLII"-irlg its IXth Or'dinat-y Sessiofl o.f the Genet"al Assembly held irl Gerleva on December 17 and 18!, ].99(:)~ adopted DocLlmer,t No. AG '-1/Tech. 6 designai:j.ng the Fj.t-st Day o-f March (:Jf evet-y year as the lJrlivet-sa]. Day 1.")1: C:ivil De-fense; I!OW l'I-IE:f':EFOf':E~ I ~ COFt:AZON C. AQUINO~ F'resident of the F:'hiJ.ippines~ by virtue o.f the powers vested in me tJY law~ do I'f"=!t-eby r.iec::lal"-e the fit-st day o-f Marc:h or evet"y year as Cj.'v'i 1 I:) co;1.F I.-'? rIse Day. The ?'f_imirlist:t-atCJr o-f "the Or-ficeI;9-f Civil De.fense (OCD) is hi;::t'"eby c\Ltthorizeci to f:Jt-omLtlga"te SLtch r'Ltles and t-egLllations as may b!;~ rlE!C::f:S5al-y to govet-n the corldLlct o-f the activities and IJr'O(.t-c\rn5 in the ce1ebr'ation o-f the Civil De.fense Day. IN WITNESS WHEr;:EOF I have l1et-el..tnto set my harld and caLtsed the seal of the FtepLtbl ic o-f the F'hi 1 ipp i nes "to be a-f.Fi :-:ed. DOnE! irl .the City of Manila~ this 27th day o-f Febt-Ltary irl the yeat-, o.f OLtr l_Qr(j~ r,j"rle.tee" hur\drec.1 and ninet.y-one. By t-: /; ~. y ., :::":eCLtt: ive Sec_i-e:tt-y ""_. i:;-- ~ "- ,,:"- ..."-