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AGREEMENT
ON GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR UNITY
BETWEEN THE MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (MNLF)
AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF)
THIS IS AN AGREEMENT OF COMMON
OBJECTIVE AND ASPIRATION BETWEEN THE MNLF AND THE MILF FOR PEACE, UNITY,
JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND PROGRESS OF THE BANGSAMORO PEOPLE. THE MNLF AND MILF,
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE PARTIES: UPHOLDING THE HISTORIC STRUGGLE OF THE
BANGSAMORO PEOPLE FOR PEACE, UNITY, JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND PROGRESS;
RESPONDING TO THE DESIRE OF THE OIC MEMBER-STATES FOR THE PARTIES TO THE
CONFLICT IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES TO ARRIVE AT A COMMON STAND FOR PEACE,
JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE NAME OF NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL STABILITY;
EXPRESSING THEIR MUTUAL GRATITUDE TO THE OIC MEMBER-STATES AND OIC COMMITTEE OF
EIGHT AND THE OIC SECRETARY GENERAL FOR THEIR ABIDING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE
TOWARDS THE WELFARE AND WELL-BEING OF THE BANGSAMORO PEOPLE;
HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE I
TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO UNITE THE MNLF AND THE MILF IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE
ASPIRATIONS OF THE BANGSAMORO PEOPLE FOR PEACE, UNITY, JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND
PROGRESS; AND SUCH UNITY SHALL BE KNOWN AS 'THE BANGSAMORO SOLIDARITY
CONFERENCE" FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.
ARTICLE II
TO FORM AND ESTABLISH A COORDINATING COUNCIL TO DETERMINE AND DECIDE THEIR
RESPECTIVE ROLES AND INVOLVEMENT TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE OBJECTIVE.
ARTICLE III
TO AGREE ON THE COMPOSITION OF A JOINT DELEGATION TO PARTICIPATE AS OBSERVER IN
THE MEETINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) REPRESENTING
THE BANGSAMORO PEOPLE.
ARTICLE IV
TO CONVEY THEIR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO HER EXCELLENCY GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO,
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, FOR HER DEEP PERSONAL CONCERN FOR
AND IN THE PURSUIT OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND PROGRESS FOR THE BANGSAMORO.
ARTICLE V
TO
EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE TO HIS EXCELLENCY GREAT LEADER COL. MUAMMAR AL GADDAFI
OF THE GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S JAMAHIRIYAH AND GADDAFI FOUNDATION FOR
CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF SIFUL ISLAM MUAMMAR AL-GADDAFI,
FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO THIS UNITY EFFORTS.
ARTICLE VI
TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE TO HIS EXCELLENCY DATO SERI DR. MAHATHIR MOHAMAD,
PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA FOR THE GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
MALAYSIA IN HOSTING AND FACILITATING THE DIALOGUE THAT RESULTED IN THIS
AGREEMENT.
DONE IN PUTRAJAYA, THIS 7TH DAY OF AUGUST 2001.
FOR THE MNLF: FOR THE MILF:
(Sgd.) HATIMIL HASSAN
(Sgd.) AL HAJ MURAD EBRAHIM
HEAD, MNLF DELEGATION
HEAD, MILF DELEGATION
(VICE CHAIRMAN, MNLF)
VICE CHAIRMAN FOR
MEMBER, EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
MILITARY AFFAIRS
MNLF CENTRAL COMMITTEE
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