Executive Order 34

WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, INTHE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITYOFTHE STATE Of IOWA EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 34 the United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 1979 as the International Year of the Child; and 1979 is the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child; it provides an opportunity to recognize the potential of children; and Iowa takes pride in its children and works to enrich their lives and insure their healthy development; and the state should use this opportunity to promote a new awareness of existing policies and available resources to help, guide and sustain a happy healthy climate for young people in Iowa: NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert D. Ray, Governor of the State of Iowa, by the power and authority vested in me by· the Constitution and the laws of Iowa do hereby create and establish the Iowa Commission on the International Year of the Child which will be responsible to the Governor. The Iowa Commission is to provide a statewide yearlong program for observance of the International Year of the Child. Its function will be to: a} promote a better understanding of the special needs of children; b) coordinate and stimulate public and private projects and activities for observance of the International Year of the Child. IN FURTHERANCE WHEREOF, the following is also established : Organization : The Iowa Commission for the International Year of the Child will consist of an Honorary Chairperson, a chair- person and 11 members to be appointed by the Governor for a term to start immediately and to expire January 31, 1980. The Governor may appoint or remove such repre- sentatives as deemed to be beneficial to th~ advancement of the Commission's objectives . Implementation: To assist the Iowa Commission on the International Year of the Child, subcommittees may be formed to fulfill its goals, and there shall be at least the following three such committees: 1. A Nongovernmental Agency Coordinating Committee composed of private nonprofit agencies and organ- izations which serve the needs of children and subscribe to the mission of the International Year of the Child; and Page 2 2. An Intra- governmental Agency Coordinating Committee composed of representatives of state departments, advisory boards a nd councils which a re concerned with the needs of chi ldren; and 3. A Publi c Relations Committee to promote activities and projects in conjunction with the International Year o f the Child composed of a representative -of each of Iowa's ninety- nine counties . IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have her eunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of the State of Iowa to be affixed. Done at Des Moines this 35~ day of November in the ye;r- of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and s e venty- eight.