Resolution no.2 Creating a Joint Monitoring Contingent to Oversee the Peace Situation in Upper Minabay, Buldon, Maghuindanao

• Country/entity

  Philippines
  Mindanao
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Resolution no.2 Creating a Joint Monitoring Contingent to Oversee the Peace Situation in Upper Minabay, Buldon, Maghuindanao
• Date

  16 Oct 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

  M. Gen. Santos B. Gabison, Jr. GRP Sub-Committee on Cessation of Hostilities (SCCH) Chairman
  Col. Manuel B. Ibanez, Jr. GRP SCCH Member
  Maj. Alfred L. Limoso GRP Secretariat Member
  B. Gen. Ramon M. Ong (Ret.), GRP-SPAG Executive Director
  Atty. Lanang S. Ali, MILF Sub-Committee on Cessation of Hostilities (SCCH) Chairman
  Sultan Saipoden Tomawis, MILF SCCH Member
  Aleem Elias Macarandas, MILF SCCH Member
  Abdulmanaf Mantawil, Secretariat MILF Technical Committee Chairman
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  GRP-MILF Sub-Committees on Cessation of Hostilities agreed on establishment of a Joint Monitoring Contingent to monitor the implementation of the February 6 1998 Agreement to sustain the Quest for Peace with 23 personnel each from the PNP and the MILF. Also resolved that GRP would re-position its forces, that MILF would not occupy the vacated area, and that GRP would implement paragraph 2 of the Agreement to sustain Quest for Peace regarding the suspension of logging operations by the Cotabato Timber Company, Incorporated in the vacated area.

• Agreement document

  PH_981016_Resolution Creating JMC for Buldon.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

Resolution Creating a Joint Monitoring Contingent (JMC) to Oversee the Peace Situation in Upper Minabay, Buldon, Maguindanao

Whereas, the Agreement for General Cessation of Hostilities was signed by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on July 18, 1997 in Cagayan de Oro City;

Whereas, pursuant to the implementation of the February 6, 1998 Agreement, a joint meeting of the GRP-MILF Sub-Committees on Cessation of Hostilities (SCCH) was held on October 15-16, 1998 at the Da’wah Center, Crossing Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao;

Whereas, during the said meeting, the Quick Response Team (QRT) submitted its Reports dated September 27, 1998 and October 3, 1998, regarding its discussions and findings on encounters and skirmishes between the GRP and the MILF in the Buldon area;

Whereas, incorporated in the aforementioned QRT Reports are recommendations addressed to the GRP and MILF intended to remove and prevent confrontational situations which may adversely affect the current momentum in the quest for a just and lasting peace in Mindanao;

Now, therefore, the GRP-MILF Sub-Committees on Cessation of Hostilities (SCCH) do hereby resolve the following:

1. The GRP shall reposition its forces by five (5) kilometers air distance from Banganan River at a reference point to be jointly established by the GRP-MILF SCCH and the QRT.

The MILF shall not occupy the said vacated area.

2. The GRP shall implement paragraph 2 of the Agreement to Sustain the Quest for Peace entered into between the GRP and MILF on February 6, 1998 in Marawi City regarding the suspension of logging operations by Cotabato Timber Company, Incorporated (CTCI) in the vacated area.

3. The GRP and MILF shall establish a Joint Monitoring Contingent (JMC) at Sultan Base, Upper Minabay, Buldon, Maguindanao composed of twenty-three (23) personnel each from the PNP and the MILF to be selected by the QRT.

Furthermore, the QRT shall exercise leadership, supervision and direction over the JMC in monitoring the implementation of the February 6, 1998 Agreement.

Likewise, it shall provide a component to the JMC consisting of ten (10) civilian personnel.

Entered this 16th day of October 1998 at Da’wah Center, Crossing Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.

M. Gen. Santos B. Gabison, Jr.

Chairman, GRP Sub-Committee on Cessation of Hostilities (SCCH)

Col. Manuel B. Ibanez, Jr.

Member, GRP SCCH

Maj. Alfred L. Limoso

Member, GRP Secretariat

B. Gen. Ramon M. Ong (Ret.)

Executive Director, GRP-SPAG

Atty.

Lanang S. Ali

Chairman, MILF Sub-Committee on Cessation of Hostilities (SCCH)

Sultan Saipoden Tomawis

Member, MILF SCCH

Aleem Elias Macarandas

Member, MILF SCCH

Abdulmanaf Mantawil

Chairman, Secretariat MILF Technical Committee