(A) representative of the United Youth for Peace and Development (UNYPAD), a Moro Civil Society Organization (CSO) based in Cotabato City but operating nationwide, has attended the 40th Exploratory Talk of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia represented by Mahdie Amella, an organization’s senior officer.
Rahib Kudto, UNYPAD National President, disclosed that it was Conciliation Resources (CR), member of the International Contact Group (ICG), who sponsored financial requirement of the trip as part or within the frame of its “Building peace in Mindanao through public participation in governance”project in which UNYPAD is one of the partners.
“This presence of the CSO leaders in the two sets of Exploratory Talks (39th and 40th) as observers is a manifestation of transparency and inclusivity of both parties in the negotiation,” he stressed.
Kudto furthered saying that the CSO’s’ direct participation particularly the youth and women in the actual conduct of negotiation is not or rarely found in other peace processes taking place in other countries facing the challenges of handling negotiations with the revolutionary organizations legitimately fighting for freedom and right to self-determination.
“One thing I learned in my direct participation as observer in the 40th Exploratory Talk of the GPH and MILF is that their work is so stressful and I couldn’t help but imagine how they got tired for the 16 years of negotiations,” Mahdie Amella said.
“This tells us that the government and the MILF should be sincere enough in the negotiation and immediately resolve all remaining issues on the table and come up with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to finally end this time and energy consuming negotiations, and put everything agreed upon in the negotiation into implementation so that their painstaking will be compensated, and the war in Mindanao will finally be stalled,” he added.
“I hope and pray that these hard efforts of both the government and MILF will not be wasted and will never be derailed and hampered by the ominous work of the peace saboteurs,” he furthered.
Analiza Ugay of Balay Rehabilitation Center Inc., who represented women, said that the CSOs will help disseminate information to the communities about the development of the GPH-MILF peace process.
Atty. Marry Ann Arnado, who attended the 39th Exploratory Talk, believed that the tasks of the peace panels and their technical working groups are very difficult and can be very frustrating at times, but she is also, at the same time, very impressed with the determination and the commitment of the parties to bring this long overdue process to the ultimate goal to sign a comprehensive peace agreement.
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“This presence of the CSO leaders in the two sets of Exploratory Talks (39th and 40th) as observers is a manifestation of transparency and inclusivity of both parties in the negotiation,” he stressed.
Kudto furthered saying that the CSO’s’ direct participation particularly the youth and women in the actual conduct of negotiation is not or rarely found in other peace processes taking place in other countries facing the challenges of handling negotiations with the revolutionary organizations legitimately fighting for freedom and right to self-determination.
“One thing I learned in my direct participation as observer in the 40th Exploratory Talk of the GPH and MILF is that their work is so stressful and I couldn’t help but imagine how they got tired for the 16 years of negotiations,” Mahdie Amella said.
“This tells us that the government and the MILF should be sincere enough in the negotiation and immediately resolve all remaining issues on the table and come up with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to finally end this time and energy consuming negotiations, and put everything agreed upon in the negotiation into implementation so that their painstaking will be compensated, and the war in Mindanao will finally be stalled,” he added.
“I hope and pray that these hard efforts of both the government and MILF will not be wasted and will never be derailed and hampered by the ominous work of the peace saboteurs,” he furthered.
Analiza Ugay of Balay Rehabilitation Center Inc., who represented women, said that the CSOs will help disseminate information to the communities about the development of the GPH-MILF peace process.
Atty. Marry Ann Arnado, who attended the 39th Exploratory Talk, believed that the tasks of the peace panels and their technical working groups are very difficult and can be very frustrating at times, but she is also, at the same time, very impressed with the determination and the commitment of the parties to bring this long overdue process to the ultimate goal to sign a comprehensive peace agreement.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/571-youth-attends-gph-milf-40th-exploratory-talks
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