Verification/Monitoring Mechanism: Mindanao Final Agreement
Implementations
Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 1996
No international, external, or internal verification mechanism was operational in 1996.
Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 1997
No international, external, or internal verification mechanism was operational in 1997.
Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 1998
No international, external, or internal verification mechanism was operational in 1998.
Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 1999
No international, external, or internal verification mechanism was operational in 1999.
Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 2000
No international, external, or internal verification mechanism was operational in 2000.
Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 2001
No international, external, or internal verification mechanism was operational in 2001.
Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 2002
No international, external, or internal verification mechanism was operational in 2002.
Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 2003
No international, external, or internal verification mechanism was operational in 2003.
Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 2004
No international, external, or internal verification mechanism was operational in 2004.
Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 2005
No international, external, or internal verification mechanism was operational in 2005.
Postscript:
A 2006 report by the OIC Secretary General reviews talking points given to them by the MNLF and GRP regarding the implementation status of key provisions, but the OIC makes no independent judgments of its own based on acts of verification. From 1996 to 2005, there is no evidence of any annual or periodic verification of implementation by the OIC, or their working group, the OIC Peace Committee for Southern Philippines. The OIC did report on competing claims by each side eleven years after the agreement.
A 2008 report by the Organization of the Islamic Conference describes a “First Session of the Tripartite Meeting” between the GRP, MNLF and the OIC that took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in November 2007. This represents the first meeting of the two principal actors with the external body chosen to verify and review implementation of the 1996 agreement 12 years after the signing of the accord.1
- “Istanbul Agreement,” Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, accessed August 14, 2012, http://www.hdcentre.org/files/Istambul%20agreement.pdf.