Supplemental Agreement to the Joint Agreement on the Formation, Sequence and Operationalization of the Reciprocal Working Committees

• Country/entity

  Philippines
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Supplemental Agreement to the Joint Agreement on the Formation, Sequence and Operationalization of the Reciprocal Working Committees
• Date

  18 Mar 1997
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Philippine Insurgencies (1968 - ) )
• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process
• Conflict nature

  Government
• Peace process

  Philippines-NDF process
• Parties

  In witness whereof, we have hereunder signed this Supplemental Agreement..:
  
  For the Government of the Republic of the Philippines Negotiating Panel:
  
  Howard Q. Dee, Chairperson, GRP Negotiating Panel
  
  Rep. Jose V Yap, Member
  
  Mr. Silvestre H. Bello III, Member
  
  Atty. Rene V. Sarmiento, Member
  
  Ms. Zenaida H. Pawid, Member
  
  For the National Democratic Front of the Philippines Negotiating Panel:
  
  Luis G. Jalandoni, Chairperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel
  
  Fidel V. Agcadili, Member
  
  Coni K. Ledesma, Member
  
  Asterio B. Palima, Member
  
  Jojo Magdiwang, Member
• Third parties

  Witnesses:
  
  Teresita L. de Castro, Asst. Chief State Counsel, GRP
  
  Ma. Carla Munsayac, Executive Director, GRP Negotiating Panel, Secretariat
  
  Jose Maria Sison, Chief Political Consultant, NDFP Negotiating Panel
  
  Sotero Llamas, Political Consultant, NDFP Negotiating Panel
  
  Brig. Gen. Raymundo T. Jarque (ret.), Consultant NDFP Negotiating Panel
  
  Danilo Borjal, Consultant, NDFP Negotiating Panel
• Description

  This Supplemental Agreement to the Joint Agreement 'form, sequence and operationalize the Reciprocal Working Committees (RWC) on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (HR & IHL) and Social and Economic Reforms (SER) and give the Negotiating Panels mandate to form their respective RWCs on Political and Constitutional reforms. The agreement shall take effect upon the signing by the Negotiating Panels and approval by their respective Principals.

• Agreement document

  PH_970318_Supplemental RWC Agreement.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

Supplemental Agreement to the Joint Agreement on the Formation, Sequence and Operationalization of the Reciprocal Working Committees (RWC Agreement)

This Supplemental Agreement to the Joint Agreement on the Formation, Sequence and Operationalization of the Reciprocal Working Committees (RWC Agreement) is being entered into by and between:

THE NEGOTIATING PANEL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, hereinafter referred to as the GRP Panel, represented by its Chairperson, Howard Q. Dee;

and

THE NEGOTIATING PANEL OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES, hereinafter referred to as the NDFP Panel, represented by its Chairperson, Luis G. Jalandoni.

ARTICLE 1.

PREAMBLE

Whereas, the GRP and NDFP Panels signed The Hague Joint Declaration of 1 September 1992 which, among others, sets the framework of mutually acceptable principles and the substantive agenda of the peace negotiations, and the Joint Agreement on the Formation, Sequence and Operationalization of the Reciprocal Working Committees (RWC Agreement) of 26 June 1995 which provides for, among others, the conduct of work and reasonable time frame of the RWCs:

Whereas, both Panels affirm that the comrnon goal of the aforesaid negotiations and agreements is the attainment of a just and lasting peace;

Whereas, the GRP acknowledges that there is a limited time for the peace negotiations to be completed within the Ramos administration and there is a common desire by both Parties to accelerate the peace negotiations.

ARTICLE II.

PROCESS AND TIMETABLE

The two Negotiating Panels agree on the following:

Section 1.

Conduct of Work

Pursuant to the RWC Agreement, the four RWCs of both Panels shall strive to complete their work on or before June 30, 1997 by arriving at tentative comprehensive agreements for each major heading of the substantive agenda assigned to them on the basis of the following schedule:

a. The RWCs on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (HR & IHL) shall strive to complete the tentative comprehensive agieement assigned to them within two weeks of continuous work in March 1997.

b. The RWCs on Social and Economic Reforms (SER) shall meet for the first time and endeavor to complete the tentative comprehensive agreement assigned to them within two weeks of continuous work in April 1997.

c. The Negotiating Panels may separately form their respective RWCs on political and constitutional reforms (PCR) and RWCs on end of hostilities and disposition of forces at any time, with the aim of preparing for and exerting the best effort to complete the tentative comprehensive agreements assigned to them for drafting within two weeks of continuous work in May '1997 and June 1997, respectively, provided the comprehensive agreements mentioned in paragraphs a and b above are signed by the Negotiating Panels and approved by their respective Principals.

Section 2.

Effectivity of the Comprehensive Agreements

The agreement/s on each heading of the substantive agenda shall take effect upon its/their signing by the Negotiating Panels and approval by their respective Principals.

The sequence of the headings as set forth in the substantive agenda shall remain firm and the effectivity of an approved comprehensive agreement shall not be delayed but shall help to accelerate the work on the next comprehensive agreement being worked upon.

ARTICLE III.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1.

This Supplemental Agreement shall take effect upon the signing hereof by the Chairpersons of the two Panels

Section 2.

The inability of the Negotiating Panels to complete their work according to the desired schedule in Section 1 above on or before July 1,1997 shall be no ground for ending the peace negotiations.

ln witness whereof, we have hereunder signed this Supplemental Agreement this 1Bh of March 1997 at Breukelen, The Netherlands.

For the Government of the Republic of the Philippines Negotiating Panel:

Howard Q. Dee, Chairperson, GRP Negotiating Panel

Rep. Jose V Yap, Member

Mr. Silvestre H. Bello III, Member

Atty.

Rene V. Sarmiento, Member

Ms. Zenaida H. Pawid, Member

For the National Democratic Front of the Philippines Negotiating Panel:

Luis G. Jalandoni, Chairperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel

Fidel V. Agcadili, Member

Coni K. Ledesma, Member

Asterio B. Palima, Member

Jojo Magdiwang, Member

Witnesses:

Teresita L. de Castro, Asst.

Chief State Counsel, GRP

Ma. Carla Munsayac, Executive Director, GRP Negotiating Panel, Secretariat

Jose Maria Sison, Chief Political Consultant, NDFP Negotiating Panel

Sotero Llamas, Political Consultant, NDFP Negotiating Panel

Brig.

Gen. Raymundo T. Jarque (ret.),

Consultant NDFP Negotiating Panel

Danilo Borjal, Consultant, NDFP Negotiating Panel