Memorandum amending Memorandum Order No. 357 creating an Inter-Agency Committee to settle Fishery Disputes that may Arise involving Foreign Fishing Vessels in the South China Sea (No. 359)

JULY 1, 1991 8>FFteIAL GAZETTE 3597 MALACA:&ANG MANILA MEMORANDUM ORDER No. 359 AMENDING MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 357 CREATING AN INTER AGENCY COMMITTEE TO SETTLE FISHERY DISPUTES THAT MAY ARISE INVOLVING FOREIGN FISH,. ING VESSELS IN THE -SOUTH CHINA SEA. Memorandum Order No. 357, dated May 6, 1991, is hereby amended to read as follows: In order to arrive at a just solution to the fishery disputes that have frequently. arisen involving foreign fishing vessels and. their crews-particularly those occurring in' bet ween the Bashi and Balintang channels and off the Batanes Islands in the South China Sea, an Inter-Agency Committee to be known as the SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERY DISPUTES COMMITTEE is! hereby organized for such purpose as fol lows: Chairman-Representative of the Office of the President Vice-Chairman-Representative of the Department of Justice Members-One Representative each from the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of National Defense, the Department of Agriculture, the Office of the Press Secretary, the Philippine Navy, the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation, and the Philippine Coast Guard. The Committee shall try to effect, as much as possible, an amicable settlement of all fishery disputes that may arise in the above described area-in accordance with Philip pine laws, the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention and otIier international agreements to which the Philippines is a signatory as well as the generally accepted principles of Internaiional Law. This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately. By authority of the President: (Sgd.) MARIANO SARMIENTO II Deputy Executive Secretary Manila, May 8, 1991