Agreement to Sustain the Quest for Peace (I)
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Philippines
MindanaoRegion
Asia and Pacific
Asia and PacificAgreement name
Agreement to Sustain the Quest for Peace (I)Date
6 Feb 1998Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreedInterim arrangement
YesAgreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( )Stage
Implementation/renegotiationConflict nature
Government/territoryPeace process
Philippines - Mindanao processParties
For the GRP: A/Sec. Jovenal F. Lazaga, GRP Technical Committee Chairman;
M/Gen. Joselin B. Nazareno, Sub-Committee on Cessation of Hostilities Chairman; For the MILF: Shiekh Moner M. Bajunaid, MILF Technical Committee Chairman;
Atty. Omar B. Umpar, Sub-Committee on Cessation of Hostilities, Chairman and MILF Legal CounselThird parties
-Description
GRP agreed to immediately commence to reposition its forces in Buldon, Maguindanao; to use its utmost efforts to resolve the issue involving Upper Minabay-Banganan-Ambal Rivers in Buldon, and to propose the immediate suspension of logging operations of the Cotabato Timber Company and other logging concessionaires until final resolution of the conflict. GRP and MILF Technical Committees agreed operationalisation of the Monitoring Office of the Coordinating Committees on Cessation of Hostilities would be determined later; on expansion of Fact Finding Committee membership and on formation of a Quick Response Team (QRT) composed of representatives from GRP, MILF and the Independent Fact Finding Committee to immediately address alleged violations of the agreement on the General Cessation of Hostilities. Both parties confirmed their strict adherence to the Implementing Operational Guidelines of the Agreement on the General Cessation of Hostilities signed on 14 November 1997.
Agreement document
Groups
- Children/youth
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- Disabled persons
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- Elderly/age
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- Migrant workers
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- Racial/ethnic/national group
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- Religious groups
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- Indigenous people
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- Other groups
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- Refugees/displaced persons
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- Social class
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Gender
- Women, girls and gender
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- Men and boys
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- LGBTI
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- Family
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State definition
- Nature of state (general)
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- State configuration
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- Self determination
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- Referendum
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- State symbols
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- Independence/secession
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- Accession/unification
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- Border delimitation
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- Cross-border provision
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Governance
- Political institutions (new or reformed)
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- Elections
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- Electoral commission
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- Political parties reform
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- Civil society
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- Traditional/religious leaders
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- Public administration
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- Constitution
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Power sharing
- Political power sharing
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- Territorial power sharing
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- Economic power sharing
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- Military power sharing
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Human rights and equality
- Human rights/RoL general
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- Bill of rights/similar
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- Treaty incorporation
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- Civil and political rights
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- Socio-economic rights
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Rights related issues
- Citizenship
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- Democracy
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- Detention procedures
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- Media and communication
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- Mobility/access
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- Protection measures
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- Other
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Rights institutions
- NHRI
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- Regional or international human rights institutions
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Justice sector reform
- Criminal justice and emergency law
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- State of emergency provisions
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- Judiciary and courts
No specific mention.
- Prisons and detention
No specific mention.
- Traditional Laws
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Socio-economic reconstruction
- Development or socio-economic reconstruction
No specific mention.
- National economic plan
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- Natural resources
No specific mention.
- International funds
No specific mention.
- BusinessPage 1, 2. The GRP shall immediately exert its utmost efforts to resolve the watershed issue involving Upper Minabay-Banganan-Ambal Rivers in Buldon, Maguindanao. In consultation with concerned parties and coordination with appropriate government agencies, GRP shall cause the proposed immediate suspension of logging operations of the Cotabato Timber Company, Inc. and other logging concessionaires in the area until final resolution of the conflict in the Banganan-Ambal area.
- Taxation
No specific mention.
- Banks
No specific mention.
Land, property and environment
- Land reform/rights
No specific mention.
- Pastoralist/nomadism rights
No specific mention.
- Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
- EnvironmentPage 1, 2. The GRP shall immediately exert its utmost efforts to resolve the watershed issue involving Upper Minabay-Banganan-Ambal Rivers in Buldon, Maguindanao. In consultation with concerned parties and coordination with appropriate government agencies, GRP shall cause the proposed immediate suspension of logging operations of the Cotabato Timber Company, Inc. and other logging concessionaires in the area until final resolution of the conflict in the Banganan-Ambal area.
- Water or riparian rights or accessPage 1, 2. The GRP shall immediately exert its utmost efforts to resolve the watershed issue involving Upper Minabay-Banganan-Ambal Rivers in Buldon, Maguindanao. In consultation with concerned parties and coordination with appropriate government agencies, GRP shall cause the proposed immediate suspension of logging operations of the Cotabato Timber Company, Inc. and other logging concessionaires in the area until final resolution of the conflict in the Banganan-Ambal area.
Security sector
- Security Guarantees
No specific mention.
- CeasefireSecurity sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provisionPage 1, 1. To keep the momentum in the quest for peace by the GRP and the MILF and to defuse the tension created by the unfortunate incidents in the recent past, it is agreed that GRP shall immediately commence to reposition its forces in Buldon, Maguindanao, at least five kilometers away from Banganan River to be completed not later than February 20, 1998; Provided, that the MILF shall not occupy the vacated areas. To this end, the GRP and the MILF hereby confirm their strict adherence to the Implementing
Operational Guidelines of the GRP and MILF Agreement on the General Cessation of Hostilities signed on 14 November 1997.
Page 1, 3. In order to effectively observe and implement the terms and conditions of the Agreement on General Cessation of Hostilities, the GRP and the MILF Technical Committees agreed on the following:
3.a. Operationalization of the Monitoring Office of the GRP-MILF Coordinating Committees on Cessation of Hostilities in Cotabato City and Sub-offices in Marawi City and other areas to be determined later;
3.c. Formation of a Quick Response Team (QRT) composed of representatives from the GRP, MILF, and the Independent Fact Finding Committee to immediately address alleged violations of the agreement on the General Cessation of Hostilities; Provided, that the QRT is chaired by the IFFC. - Police
No specific mention.
- Armed forcesPage 1, 1. To keep the momentum in the quest for peace by the GRP and the MILF and to defuse the tension created by the unfortunate incidents in the recent past, it is agreed that GRP shall immediately commence to reposition its forces in Buldon, Maguindanao, at least five kilometers away from Banganan River to be completed not later than February 20, 1998; Provided, that the MILF shall not occupy the vacated areas. To this end, the GRP and the MILF hereby confirm their strict adherence to the Implementing
Operational Guidelines of the GRP and MILF Agreement on the General Cessation of Hostilities signed on 14 November 1997. - DDR
No specific mention.
- Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forcesPage 1, 1. To keep the momentum in the quest for peace by the GRP and the MILF and to defuse the tension created by the unfortunate incidents in the recent past, it is agreed that GRP shall immediately commence to reposition its forces in Buldon, Maguindanao, at least five kilometers away from Banganan River to be completed not later than February 20, 1998; Provided, that the MILF shall not occupy the vacated areas. To this end, the GRP and the MILF hereby confirm their strict adherence to the Implementing
Operational Guidelines of the GRP and MILF Agreement on the General Cessation of Hostilities signed on 14 November 1997. - Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
- Corruption
No specific mention.
- Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
- Drugs
No specific mention.
- Terrorism
No specific mention.
Transitional justice
- Transitional justice general
No specific mention.
- Amnesty/pardon
No specific mention.
- Courts
No specific mention.
- Mechanism
No specific mention.
- Prisoner release
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- Vetting
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- Victims
No specific mention.
- Missing persons
No specific mention.
- Reparations
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- Reconciliation
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Implementation
- UN signatory
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- Other international signatory
No specific mention.
- Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
- International mission/force/similar
No specific mention.
- Enforcement mechanismPage 1, 3.c. Formation of a Quick Response Team (QRT) composed of representatives from the GRP, MILF, and the Independent Fact Finding Committee to immediately address alleged violations of the agreement on the General Cessation of Hostilities; Provided, that the QRT is chaired by the IFFC.
- Related cases
No specific mention.
- Sourcehttps://peacemaker.un.org/philippines-sustain-peace98
In the Name of God
The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful Agreement to Sustain the Quest for Peace
1. To keep the momentum in the quest for peace by the GRP and the MILF and to defuse the tension created by the unfortunate incidents in the recent past, it is agreed that GRP shall immediately commence to reposition its forces in Buldon, Maguindanao, at least five kilometers away from Banganan River to be complemented not later than February 20, 1998;
Provided, that the MILF shall not occupy the vacated areas.
To this end, the GRP and the MILF hereby confirm their strict adherence to the Implementing Operational Guidelines of the GRP and MILF Agreement on the General Cessation of Hostilities signed on 14 November 1997.
2. The GRP shall immediately exert its utmost efforts to resolve the watershed issue involving Upper Minabay-Banganan-Ambal Rivers in Buldon, Maguindanao.
In consultation with concerned parties and coordination with appropriate government agencies, GRP shall cause the proposed immediate suspension of logging operations of the Cotabato Timber Company, Inc. and other logging concessionaires in the area until final resolution of the conflict in the Banganan-Ambal area.
3. In order to effectively observe and implement the terms and conditions of the Agreement on General Cessation of Hostilities, the GRP and the MILF Technical Committees agreed on the following:
a. Operationalization of the Monitoring Office of the GRP-MILF Coordinating Committees on Cessation of Hostilities in Cotabato City and Sub-offices in Marawi City and other areas to be determined later;
b. Expansion of the Fact Finding Committee membership chaired by Fr.
Eliseo R. Mercado, OMI;
and
c. Formation of a Quick Response Team (QRT) composed of representatives from the GRP, MILF, and the Independent Fact Finding Committee to immediately address alleged violations of the agreement on the General Cessation of Hostilities;
Provided, that the QRT is chaired by the IFFC.
Done in the City of Marawi this 6th day of February, 1998.
For the GRP
A/Sec.
Jovenal F. Lazaga
Chairman, GRP Technical Committee
M/Gen. Joselin B. Nazareno
Chairman, Sub-Committee on Cessation of Hostilities
For the MILF
Shiekh Moner M. Bajunaid
Chairman, MILF Technical Committee
Atty.
Omar B. Umpar
Chairman, Sub-Committee on Cessation of Hostilities, MILF Legal Counsel