THE GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No. 11-CP
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Hanoi, February 20, 1993
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DECREE
ON THE FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, POWERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE
COMMITTEE FOR ETHNIC GROUPS AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS
THE
GOVERNMENT
- Pursuant to the Law on
Organization of the Government dated September 30, 1992;
- In consideration of the proposals of the Minister, Chairman of the Committee
for Ethnic Groups and Mountainous Areas and the Ministers - Head of the Government
Committee on Organization and Personnel,
DECREES
Article 1. The Committee for Ethnic Groups and
Mountainous Areas ("CEGMA") is a Government body which shall exercise
the State management over matters relating to ethnic people and mountainous
areas on a national scale and at the same time shall act as an advisory body
for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam ("CPV
CC") and the Government with respect to both general and specific policies
towards the country�s ethnic minorities and mountainous
areas.
Article 2. CEGMA shall fulfil the duties and
exercise the powers set out below:
1. To work out any laws, lines and
policies for socio-economic development of mountainous areas and ethnic groups,
and submit them to the Government for approval or, in case of further
submission by the Government, for approval by CPV CC, the National Assembly, or
the Standing Committee to the National Assembly.
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2. To supervise, inspect and direct
the implementation by Government Ministries, Ministry-level bodies, Government
agencies and local People's Committees of the Party's directions and policies
vis-a-vis ethnic minorities and the State's laws and regulations relating to
ethnic minorities and mountainous areas, and any projects and plans for
socio-economic development of mountainous areas and ethnic minorities.
3. To submit to the Government for
approval, and to organize the implementation of any plans and projects relating
to mountainous areas and ethnic minorities to the extent the implementation of
such plans and projects are within CEGMA's authority.
To directly organize the
implementation of the settled agriculture and sedentary life programme for
ethnic minorities.
4. To co-operate with relevant
Government bodies in the establishment and management in accordance with the
stipulations by the Government of sources of the State Budget and Governmental
and non-Governmental aids and donations which are used for funding any
programmes and plans for socio-economic development of mountainous areas and
ethnic minorities; to provide guidelines for and to inspect the utilization of
any humanitarian aids and donations from any non-Governmental organizations as
to ensure that such aids and donations come to eligible receivers.
5. To accept and resolve, whether in
co-ordination with other Government bodies or not, any justifiable requests and
desires of ethnic minorities in accordance with the relevant regulations,
policies and laws.
Article 3. CEGMA shall be headed, and all of
its activities directed, by a Government Minister who is appointed to be its
Chairman.
Vice Chairmen of CEGMA shall assist
the Chairman and shall fulfil a number of duties as are assigned to them by,
and shall be responsible for the same to, the Chairman.
Article 4. The organizational apparatus of
CEGMA shall consist of :
1. The Office;
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3. Department of Ethnic Groups and
Mountainous Areas Policies;
4. Department of Organization and
Personnel;
5. Department of International
Relations;
6. Department of Sedentary Farming
(which is organized from the Board of Sedentary Farming previously under the
Ministry of Forestry).
Article 5. Decision on organization dealing
with ethnic groups and mountainous area shall be made by the Prime Minister of
the Government, based on the proposal of the Minister-Head of the Government
Committee on Organization and Personnel and at the request of the Minister,
Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Groups and Mountainous Areas.
Article 6. This Decree shall take effect as
from the date of insurance. Decision No.147-CP dated May 11, 1990 of the
Chairman of the Council of Ministers establishing the Office for Ethnic Groups
and Mountainous Areas.
Article 7. The Minister, Chairman of the
Committee for Ethnic Groups and Mountainous Areas, Heads of Government
Ministries, Ministry-level Bodies and Government agencies, and President of the
People's Committees of centrally-ruled provinces and cities shall be
responsible for the implementation of this Decree.
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ON BEHALF ON THE GOVERNMENT
PRIME MINISTER
Vo Van Kiet
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