(NAR) VOL. 22 NO. 2, APRIL - JUNE 2011
Adopted: 09 December 2010
Date Filed: 03 May 2011
WHEREAS, the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) is a network of national standards institutes with
a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the
system;
WHEREAS, the Philippines is a member of the ISO;
WHEREAS,
the ISO developed ISO 3166-1 assigning two-letter (alpha-2) and
three-letter (alpha-3) codes for member countries, and the codes
assigned to the Philippines are PH and PHL, respectively;
WHEREAS,
these codes are used in international events and conferences, sports
meets, airline ticketing, among others, abroad and in the Philippines;
WHEREAS, the
Department of Foreign Affairs has adopted and reflected the ISO
three-letter codes, notably PHL standing for the Philippines, in the
data page of the electronic passport;
WHEREAS, the use of
initials RP in referring to the Philippines is not in accordance with
the ISO 3166-1, leading to ambiguity and confusion;
WHEREAS, such
ambiguity and confusion when referring to the Philippines by the use of
initials can be avoided by following the codes assigned to the
Philippines by ISO;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby direct all offices, agencies and other
instrumentalities of the Philippine Government to adopt and use, as soon
as practicable, the ISO two-letter code PH or three-letter code PHL is
referring to the Philippines.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
(SGD.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
By the President:
(SGD.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary