MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 436, August 23, 1965 ]
DECLARING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1965, AS WORLD LAW DAY
WHEREAS, the United Nations has designated 1965 as International Cooperation Year and international cooperation is essential to the achievement of a peaceful world order;
WHEREAS, the basic foundation for the peaceful existence of mankind .within nations and among nations is law rules and legal institutions;
WHEREAS, such law rules enable men and nations to avoid conflict and such legal institutions provide forums for the peaceful resolution of such conflicts when they arise;
WHEREAS, the expansion of the Rule of Law in the World Community requires universal agreement on principles, terminology, treaties and conventions, and such agreement requires public support for the promise and potential of a world ruled by law; and
WHEREAS, it is essential that the minds and hearts of men of goodwill of all nations be focused upon the necessity of world peace through law to avoid disaster and possibly human annihilation as a result of the ever-accelerating arms race;
NOW, THEREFORE, believing that cooperation to build a world legal system- is among the most beneficial projects that can be advanced by International Cooperation Year and to further the great objectives thus noted for achieving world peace, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim September 13, 1965, as World Law Day and call upon all public and private officials, members of the legal profession, citizens and all men of goodwill to arrange appropriate observances and ceremonies in Courts, Schools and Universities and other public places before private and public organizations where man’s need of international law may be recognized.1aшphi1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 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 23rd day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.
(SGD.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN S. CANCIO
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary
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