Philippines
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IMT
International Monitoring Team (Other)
Since: 10/04
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Philippine peace talks with Muslim rebels go on despite clashes (02.02.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Peace talks between the Philippine government and Muslim insurgents are to go ahead in the coming weeks despite renewed clashes and infiltration by Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) into the rebels' ranks, officials said Wednesday. Presidential palace spokesman Silvestre Afable and retired general Rodolfo Garcia, a member of the peace panel, said that talks with the Muslim separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) would resume in Malaysia 'in the next few weeks.'
Philippine army in Southern clash (10.01.2005)
(Quelle: BBC) The Philippine army says it has used helicopter gunships and heavy artillery in a battle with Muslim separatists on the southern island of Mindanao. The army said its forces were attacked on Sunday by some 200 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters and that fighting was still going on. … The fighting is the worst since a truce came into effect 17 months ago. It comes before the two sides resume peace talks in Malaysia next month.
Libyan Officials Arrive to Monitor Ceasefire (07.12.2004)
(Quelle: Asia-Pacific Daily News) Two Libyan officials arrived in Manila yesterday as part of an international monitoring team (IMT) for a ceasefire between the government and the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the southern Mindanao region. The two officials will fly to the southern city of Cotabato tomorrow together with 50 monitor members from Malaysia and another 10 from Brunei.
MILF Insists on ToR for Monitors (01.11.2004)
(Quelle: ABS-CBN News) The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is insisting that the approved Terms of Reference (TOR), which governs the operation of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) that will monitor implementation of the truce between the government and the MILF, “should be fully implemented in letter and spirit.” The impasse arose over the setting up of an IMT office in Zamboanga City where the Western Mindanao headquarters of the foreign monitors is supposed to be set up, as agreed upon by both camps in negotiations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, earlier this year.
Brunei Contingent in International Monitoring Team Arrives (19.10.2004)
(Quelle: Minda News) Brunei Darussalam's contingent to the Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team (IMT) in Mindanao is scheduled to arrive in Manila tomorrow (Wednesday). ... The IMT is monitoring the implementation of the general ceasefire agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).