SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES
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04月16日
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINESProspects and Obstacles of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro
The peace negotiation between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has been going on for the last 16 years since January 1997. When will it conclude successfully is beyond the competence of this writer. It is very much dependent on many varying factors, some of which are beyond the control of the parties.
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04月15日
Meg Kagawa SOUTHERN PHILIPPINESThe Sabah Situation
(The information in this article is based primarily on Philippine media reporting.) On February 9, 2013, Raja Mudah Agbimuddin Kiram, a brother of the self-claimed Sultan of Sulu, Jamalul Kiram III, with about 1000 of his followers, including 300 armed men of the Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo (or Royal Army of Sulu; RAS), took ‘a journey back home’ to Sabah on small boats. The ocean borders between Sabah and the Philippines are quite porous, and in Sabah, the Government of the Philippines (GPH) estimates 600,000 Filipino are quietly living and working by crossing the Sulu Sea.
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04月15日
Soliman M. Santos, Jr SOUTHERN PHILIPPINESThe Role of Islamic Diplomacy in the Mindanao Peace Process
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04月14日
Masako Ishii SOUTHERN PHILIPPINESThe Southern Philippines: Exit from 40 Years of Armed Conflict