• Country/entity

  Philippines
  Mindanao
  

• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  Asia and Pacific
  

• Agreement name

  Joint Acknowledgement of Two MILF Camps

• Date

  10 Feb 1999

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

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

• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process

• Conflict nature

  Government/territory

• Peace process

  Philippines - Mindanao process

• Parties

  Lt. Gen. Orlando V. Soriano (Ret.), GRP Panel Chairman;
  Chazali Jaafar, Political Affair, Central Committee, Vice Chairman

• Third parties

  -

• Description

  Acknowledged two MILF Camps to be covered by the cessation of hostilities for the duration of the Peace Talks and tasked GRP and MILF Coordinating Committees on Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) to schedule at its first meeting the determination of the limits of the two camps, to be submitted to GRP and MILF Peace Panels for confirmation. Also acknowledged that CCCH would proceed to determine and verify other MLF camps.

• Agreement document

  PH_990210_Joint Acknowledgement.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

1999 Joint Acknowledgment

As a confidence-building measure in furtherance of the peace process, we, the undersigned, hereby acknowledge Camp Abubakar Assiddique and Camp Busrah Somiorang as MILF Camps to be covered by the cessation of hostilities for the duration of the GRP-MILF Peace Talks.

Along this line, we hereby task the GRP and MILF Coordinating Committees on Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) to immediately schedule at its first meeting the determination of the limits of these two (2) camps to be submitted to the GRP and MILF Peace Panels for confirmation.

The CCCH shall also proceed to determine and verify other MILF camps to ensure the proper coordination of the implementation of the cessation of hostilities for the duration of the peace talks.

Done this 10th day of February 1999 at the Dawah Center, Crossing Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.

For the GRP:

Lt. Gen. Orlando V. Soriano (Ret.)

Chairman, GRP Panel

For the MILF:

Ghazali Jaafar

Vice Chairman for Political Affairs, Central Committee