There will be difficulties in the implementation stage of the much-anticipated Bangsamoro peace deal, but they should not be regarded as upending the peace process. This was the message of Nobel Peace Prize awardee Lord David Trimble on Friday, November 16, as he prepares to visit Mindanao over the weekend. "Something to bear in mind is not to get too worried if something turns out to be more difficult or if the target you had in mind isn't achieved. It's not the end of the world. You've got to have a degree of flexibility when it comes to the implementation. That was our experience. It might help to just talk through that with others," Lord Trimble said in a media conference. Lord Trimble, one of the key players who helped resolve the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, is flying to Cotabato on Saturday, November 17. He will meet with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) vice chairman for political affairs Ghadzali Jaafar and other members of the MILF central committee in the morning, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Mujiv Hataman in the evening. But he will not be able to meet with MILF Chief Al-Hajji Murad Ebrahim and MILF Peace Panel Chairman Mohagher Iqbal because the two leaders are overseas. Murad is in Djibouti, Africa for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting, according to Thomas Phipps, 2nd Secretary of the British Embassy in Manila, while Iqbal is in Kuala Lumpur for the 33rd round of formal exploratory talks with the government. Lord Trimble will also be holding a public forum in Cotabato, where Christian and Muslim communities, as well as civil society groups, will have the chance to ask questions about his experiences with the peace process. The 1998 Nobel Peace Prize awardee is in the country as part of the efforts of the British government to support the Mindanao peace process. The United Kingdom is a member of an International Contact Group supporting the peace talks, along with Japan, Saudi and Turkey....
Friday, November 16, 2012
Nobel Peace Prize winner to meet with MILF
From Rappler (Nov 16): Nobel Peace Prize winner to meet with MILF
There will be difficulties in the implementation stage of the much-anticipated Bangsamoro peace deal, but they should not be regarded as upending the peace process. This was the message of Nobel Peace Prize awardee Lord David Trimble on Friday, November 16, as he prepares to visit Mindanao over the weekend. "Something to bear in mind is not to get too worried if something turns out to be more difficult or if the target you had in mind isn't achieved. It's not the end of the world. You've got to have a degree of flexibility when it comes to the implementation. That was our experience. It might help to just talk through that with others," Lord Trimble said in a media conference. Lord Trimble, one of the key players who helped resolve the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, is flying to Cotabato on Saturday, November 17. He will meet with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) vice chairman for political affairs Ghadzali Jaafar and other members of the MILF central committee in the morning, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Mujiv Hataman in the evening. But he will not be able to meet with MILF Chief Al-Hajji Murad Ebrahim and MILF Peace Panel Chairman Mohagher Iqbal because the two leaders are overseas. Murad is in Djibouti, Africa for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting, according to Thomas Phipps, 2nd Secretary of the British Embassy in Manila, while Iqbal is in Kuala Lumpur for the 33rd round of formal exploratory talks with the government. Lord Trimble will also be holding a public forum in Cotabato, where Christian and Muslim communities, as well as civil society groups, will have the chance to ask questions about his experiences with the peace process. The 1998 Nobel Peace Prize awardee is in the country as part of the efforts of the British government to support the Mindanao peace process. The United Kingdom is a member of an International Contact Group supporting the peace talks, along with Japan, Saudi and Turkey....
There will be difficulties in the implementation stage of the much-anticipated Bangsamoro peace deal, but they should not be regarded as upending the peace process. This was the message of Nobel Peace Prize awardee Lord David Trimble on Friday, November 16, as he prepares to visit Mindanao over the weekend. "Something to bear in mind is not to get too worried if something turns out to be more difficult or if the target you had in mind isn't achieved. It's not the end of the world. You've got to have a degree of flexibility when it comes to the implementation. That was our experience. It might help to just talk through that with others," Lord Trimble said in a media conference. Lord Trimble, one of the key players who helped resolve the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, is flying to Cotabato on Saturday, November 17. He will meet with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) vice chairman for political affairs Ghadzali Jaafar and other members of the MILF central committee in the morning, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Mujiv Hataman in the evening. But he will not be able to meet with MILF Chief Al-Hajji Murad Ebrahim and MILF Peace Panel Chairman Mohagher Iqbal because the two leaders are overseas. Murad is in Djibouti, Africa for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting, according to Thomas Phipps, 2nd Secretary of the British Embassy in Manila, while Iqbal is in Kuala Lumpur for the 33rd round of formal exploratory talks with the government. Lord Trimble will also be holding a public forum in Cotabato, where Christian and Muslim communities, as well as civil society groups, will have the chance to ask questions about his experiences with the peace process. The 1998 Nobel Peace Prize awardee is in the country as part of the efforts of the British government to support the Mindanao peace process. The United Kingdom is a member of an International Contact Group supporting the peace talks, along with Japan, Saudi and Turkey....
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