NSCB Resolution No. 2
Series of 2004

DECLARING MAY 2005 AS NATIONAL CENSUS MONTH

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 undertaking such censuses and surveys as may be designated by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB);

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 352, Designation of Statistical Activities that will Generate Critical Data for Decision-Making of the Government and the Private Sector, issued on July 1, 1996, designates the conduct of the Mid-Decade Census of Population every 10 years by the NSO;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforesaid Orders, the 2005 Census of Population (POPCEN) will be conducted in May 2005;

WHEREAS, everyone is called upon to give this activity the support and cooperation to ensure its success;

WHEREAS, in the past censuses, a Presidential Proclamation was issued to highlight the significance and importance of a census taking;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board favorably endorse to the Office of the President the issuance of a Proclamation Order entitled “DECLARING MAY 2005 AS NATIONAL CENSUS MONTH” marked hereof as “Annex BR-02-2004-01”.

Approved this 5th day of March 2004, in Pasig City.

Attested by:

ROMULO A. VIROLA
Secretary General