April 3, 2001

MEMORANDUM

Transmitted herewith are two (2) sets of Full Powers, as requested by that Department, signed by Her Excellency, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to wit:

1. Full Powers of the Head of Philippine Delegation to the 1st EALAF Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Santiago Chile.

2. Full Powers for the Philippine delegation to the negotiations of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governments of the Republic of the Philippines and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the Repatriation of the Remaining Vietnamese Boat People in the Philippines.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETINGS:

KNOW YE, that reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, prudence and ability of the

HON. RAUL S. ROCO
Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports

I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, in accordance with the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, have designated Honorable RAUL S. ROCO as Special Envoy, and have invested him with full and all manner of power and authority for and in the name of the Republic of the Philippines, to head the Philippine Delegation to the First Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the East Asia-Latin America Forum to be held on 29-30 March 2001 in Santiago de Chile.

IN TESTIMONY 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, Philippines, this 29th day of March in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and one.

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(SGD.) RENATO S. DE VILLA
Executive Secretary

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETINGS:

KNOW YE, that reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, prudence and ability of the

HON. ROSARIO G. MANALO

Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and

Presidential Envoy to Latin America

I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, in accordance with the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, have designated Honorable ROSARIO G. MANALO as Special Envoy, and have invested her with full and all manner of power and authority for and in the name of the Republic of the Philippines, to head the Philippine Delegation to the First Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the East Asia-Latin America Forum to be held on 29-30 March 2001 in Santiago de Chile.

IN TESTIMONY 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, Philippines, this 29th day of March in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and one.

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(SGD.) RENATO S. DE VILLA
Executive Secretary

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETINGS:

KNOW YE, that reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, prudence and ability of:

Mr. WILLY C. GAA Head

Assistant Secretary

Office of Asian and Pacific Affairs

Department of Foreign Affairs

Atty. RONALDO P. LEDESMA Member

Executive Chairman

Board of Special Inquiry

Bureau of Immigration

Ms. MARIA LUMEN B. ISLETA Member

Director, Southeast Asia Division

Office of Asian and Pacific Affairs

Department of Foreign Affairs

Atty. RUBEN F. FONDEVILLA Member

Senior State Counsel

Department of Justice

I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, have designated Assistant Secretary Willy C. Gaa as Head of Delegation, Atty. Ronaldo P. Ledesma, Director Ma. Lumen B. Isleta, and Atty. Ruben F. Fondevilla, as members of the Philippine delegation to the negotiations of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governments of the Republic of the Philippines and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the Repatriation of the Remaining Vietnamese Boat People in the Philippines to be held in Vietnam on 19-20 March 2001 and have invested them with full and all manner of power and authority for and in the name of the Republic of the Philippines, to meet and confer with any person or persons duly authorized by the Government of the State represented in the said negotiations invested with like power and authority, and with the said person or persons to negotiate, conclude, and sign any act of agreement as may be adopted therein. Such acts or agreements as may be signed by the aforementioned official under the present authority are to be transmitted to the President of the Republic of the Philippines for further action in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the Republic of the Philippines.

IN TESTIMONY 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, Philippines, this 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and One.

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(SGD.) RENATO S. DE VILLA
Executive Secretary