From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 20): New batch of IMT peace monitors to arrive in March
Following the renewal of the mandate of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) last January, a new contingent of peace monitors are set to arrive in the country next month to protect the ongoing ceasefire between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
According to a statement released Thursday by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), the new batch of peace monitors under the IMT Mission 9 will replace the current group whose mandate will end on March 12, 2014.
During the 43rd round of Exploratory Talks last month inKuala Lumpur
The IMT, which monitors the ceasefire, civilian protection component, rehabilitation and development, and socio-economic agreements between the government and the MILF, will be serving its mandate for another year until March 2015.
Both parties also agreed to merge IMT sites 4 and 5. Site 4 inGeneral Santos City covers the areas of Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, Sarangani and Davao del Sur; while Site 5 in Davao City operates across Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley
The GPH and MILF also agreed to reduce the number of IMT members to 36 monitors. There will be 14 monitors fromMalaysia , nine each from Brunei and Indonesia , and two each from Japan and Norway
The AHJAG, on the other hand, will be reinstated for one year until February 14, 2015.
Initially formed in 2002, the AHJAG is a joint effort of the GPH and the MILF that seeks to interdict and isolate lawless elements. It coordinates, monitors, and disseminates information between and among the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), and the MILF to effect the unhampered law enforcement operations without jeopardizing the GPH-MILF peace process.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=618265
Following the renewal of the mandate of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) last January, a new contingent of peace monitors are set to arrive in the country next month to protect the ongoing ceasefire between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
According to a statement released Thursday by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), the new batch of peace monitors under the IMT Mission 9 will replace the current group whose mandate will end on March 12, 2014.
During the 43rd round of Exploratory Talks last month in
The IMT, which monitors the ceasefire, civilian protection component, rehabilitation and development, and socio-economic agreements between the government and the MILF, will be serving its mandate for another year until March 2015.
Both parties also agreed to merge IMT sites 4 and 5. Site 4 in
The GPH and MILF also agreed to reduce the number of IMT members to 36 monitors. There will be 14 monitors from
The AHJAG, on the other hand, will be reinstated for one year until February 14, 2015.
Initially formed in 2002, the AHJAG is a joint effort of the GPH and the MILF that seeks to interdict and isolate lawless elements. It coordinates, monitors, and disseminates information between and among the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), and the MILF to effect the unhampered law enforcement operations without jeopardizing the GPH-MILF peace process.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=618265