WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 121, otherwise known as the Reorganization Act of the Philippine Statistical System, declared that the National Statistics Office (NSO) shall be the major statistical agency responsible for generating general-purpose statistics and for the undertaking of such censuses and surveys as may be designated by the National Statistical Coordination Board;

WHEREAS, the Mid-Decade Census of Population was not conducted in 2005 due to budgetary constraints at the time;

WHEREAS, there is a need to conduct a census in order to update the information regarding the count and socio-demographic characteristics of the population considering that the next census will be held in 2010;

WHEREAS, pursuant to aforesaid need, the Census of Population will be conducted in August 2007

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Regional Statistical Coordination Committee enjoin all government offices and non-government organizations to provide the necessary support and assistance to NSO.

APPROVED this 16th day of April 2007 at Baguio City, Philippines.

ATTESTED:

JUAN B. NGALOB
Regional Director, NEDA-CAR
Chair, RSCC-CAR

CERTIFIED TRUE AND CORRECT:

BENJAMIN Y. NAVARRO
Regional Head, NSCB-CAR
Secretary, RSCC-CAR