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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 926, October 19, 1971 ]

DECLARING SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1971, AS AN INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY.

WHEREAS, October 24 of every year has been declared United Nations Day under Proclamation No. 138, s. 1949;

WHEREAS, the Philippines finds it desirable to declare United Nations Day this year as an International Holiday for an increased awareness and appreciation of the purposes, objectives and significant accomplishments of the world organization;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare October 24, 1971, as an international holiday.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(SGD.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary

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