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The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 enunciates the State's policy to achieve food security as the overriding consideration in the sustainable management and conservation of fishery and aquatic resources in Philippine waters, and to provide support to the fishery sector.
The Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998 mandates agencies and non-governmental organizations to establish and operate a rape crisis center in every province and city hall to provide legal assistance to rape victims and provide programs aimed at their recovery.
The Act established the National Institute of Health aimed at promoting health research and development pursuant to the State's policy to improve the quality of life of every Filipino.
The Act's purpose is to protect and promote the welfare of all animals in the Philippines. It provides rules on the supervision and regulation of establishments and operations of all facilities used for breeding, maintaining, keeping, training or treating of animals, either as objects of trade or as household pets.
The Act established the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan as the regulator of capital markets which shall exercise superintendence and control over corporate entities.
The Act declared the State's policy to empower and develop the Philippines' agriculture and fisheries sectors in accordance with the policies of poverty alleviation and social equity, food security, rational use of resources, global competitiveness, sustainable development, people empowerment and protection from unfair competition.
The 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted to address the need for legally binding emission reduction targets and timelines. It adopts the ultimate objective stated in Article 2 of the UNFCCC to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Furthermore, the Protocol is guided by principles articulated in Article 3 of the UNFCCC.
The Act institutionalized and integrated the Social Reform Agenda into the National Anti-Poverty Action Agenda.
The Act provided the regulatory framework for the protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement of the environment, as well as measures for the prevention and control of pollution in order to promote sustainable development.
The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 is the legal framework which recognizes and promotes the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples.