Regarding pending land issues, the Accord stipulates that no land within the boundaries of the Hill District shall be given in settlement, purchased, sold and transferred, including giving lease without prior approval of the Council. Some government establishments are kept outside this restriction. The Accord also prohibits any acquisition and transfer of land within the boundaries of the Hill District by the government without consultation and consent of the Hill District Council. Provisions for rehabilitation, amnesty along with compensation were made in the Peace Accord. However, to the dissatisfaction of the hill people, the Accord remained silent apropos their constitutional recognition. Instead, the term ‘tribal’ (the Bengali version of this word – Upajati – meaning sub-nation) was used to describe the indigenous peoples. The preamble to the Accord categorically mentions that the parties of this Accord arrived at an agreement “under the framework of the constitution of Bangladesh”. Since the signing of the 1997 Peace Agreement, the government had withdrawn 212 camps, leaving approximately 235 camps. During the year, indigenous leaders continued to protest the army’s presence and called publicly for its removal. In 2007, the government withdrew 16 temporary camps of security forces in the Rangamati area of the Hill Tracts. The government reconstituted the CHT Land Commission, which announced its decision to conduct a land survey beginning in October 2009; however, 74