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MANILA, Philippines — The Joint Peace and Security Team’s (JPST) peacekeeping activities, according to delegates from the Canadian Embassy in the Philippines, are critical to the normalization process in the Bangsamoro administration.

Since December 2021, 778 JPTS members have graduated from Peacekeeping Training, according to a social media post by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU).

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces – Moro Islamic Liberation Front are among the 778. (BIAF-MILF).

On Tuesday, Canadian embassy officials, as well as representatives from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Women, paid a visit to the MILF Camp Darapanan community to inspect the GPH-peace-building JPST’s and development activities in the area.

The contributions of the government and the MILF to the normalization process, through the operations of the JPST, have been essential to the push for sustainable peace in the Bangsamoro region, according to Canadian Embassy First Secretary Stephen Duval.

“The JPSTs are a fascinating case study, and they scream [of] how long you’ve been working together in the Bangsamoro for enduring peace and normalization.” “Canada is happy to be a partner in that process, supporting activities such as the Bangsamoro Normalization Trust Fund and Women, Peace, and Security efforts in the Bangsamoro,” added Duval.

The JPST is primarily responsible for tracking and documenting private armed organizations in the Bangsamoro region, as well as assisting in the reduction and control of firearms.

It also encourages the government and militant groups to adhere to the existing ceasefire agreement to address and prevent hostilities; work on security arrangements for activities and personalities participating in the peace process; and support on-the-ground dispute resolution initiatives.

Peacekeeping personnel deployed within Bangsamoro communities have helped to settle a ‘rido’ (family quarrel) in Balindong, Lanao del Sur.

It also assisted in the recovery of a stolen motorcycle in Sultan Kudarat province’s Columbio town.

They also provide security for MILF-BIAF combatants and their weapons during the third phase of the decommissioning procedure, which is now underway.

The Canadian government is one of the long-standing partners of the Philippine government during the negotiation and stages of the Bangsamoro peace process, according to OPAPRU Director Wendell Orbeso, head of the Joint Normalization Committee GPH Secretariat and the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB Implementing Department.

The GPH-MILF Joint Peace and Security Committee promotes socioeconomic development projects throughout the Bangsamoro region in addition to peacekeeping efforts.

In the Bangsamoro region, the GPH Task Force for Decommissioned Combatants and their Communities (TFDCC) Secretariat has provided transitional cash assistance, values transformation, and technical vocational education training; livelihood packages for MILF cooperatives such as mobile rice mills, halal meat shop and abattoir, and farm machinery; and infrastructure projects such as rural health units and irrigation systems.

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