title: Executive Order No. 332, 12 August 1988.
abstract: This Order reconstitutes the Task Force on International Refugee Assistance in the Philippines.  The Task Force is composed of representatives of various government agencies and is under the Department of Foreign Affairs.  The duties and responsibilities of the Task Force are as follows:  "1) to coordinate and cooperate with [the] UN High Commissioner for Refugees efforts and activities relative to refugee assistance; 2) to formulate guidelines for a more efficient refugee assistance regarding the operation and management of all established refugee camp centers in the Philippines and the disposition of funds and other assistance received from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and other international refugee-assistance institutions; 3) to assess, review and evaluate existing structures and policies of the government for the refugee assistance and management and make recommendations thereon to the President; 4) to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Philippine Government for such assistance as it may require in the performance of its duties and functions; 5) to submit reports to the President and to the UN, through the President, on its activities, including the disposition of funds and other assistance received from the UN and other international refugee-assistance institutions."
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keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Geographic Factors; International Agencies; International Cooperation--legal aspects; Laws And Statutes; Migrants; Migration; Organization And Administration; Organizations; Philippines; Population; Population Dynamics; Program Activities; Programs; Refugee Camps--legal aspects; Refugees--legal aspects; Residence Characteristics; Southeastern Asia; Spatial Distribution; Un; Unhcr