Agreement to Sustain the Quest for Peace (I)

• Country/entity

  Philippines
  Mindanao
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement to Sustain the Quest for Peace (I)
• Date

  6 Feb 1998
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

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

  Implementation/renegotiation
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Philippines - Mindanao process
• Parties

  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 Counsel
• Third 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

  PH_980206_Agreement to Sustain the Quest for Peace.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

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