Ramos announces that he is making Estrada acting president as he will be away for four days to receive the 1997 UNESCOpeaceprize for ending the 26-year Muslim separatist conflict in Mindanao.
The Honourable Mention of the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize goes to the City Literacy Coordinating Council , Tagum City, the Philippines, for its Peace Management Literacy and Continuing Education through Night Market programme.