On the aspect of cooperation, Article 88 of the Rome Statute states that we should ensure that there are procedures under national law for all the forms of cooperation under the Rome Statute which includes the request for surrender, arresl request for investigation and gathering the evidence. The technical group is conducting right now an analysis of the existing cooperation provisions of different jurisdictions. We are now trying to tackle the issue of whether that cooperation agreement should be in jurisdiction or in extra-judicial form, which means whether we would have to resort to Philippine courls or whether Philippine courts would not be necessary. That is still an issue for resolution by the group, hopefully this weeK Lastly, we hope to finalize the amendatory bill which also embodied the cooperation provisions by the 1st quarter of next year. And this will be open for the scrutiny of the public and for any criticisms; we hope to have it flnalized and reviewed by our peers. The IHL Peace Process Focused on the Banqsamoro Framework Agreeme"nt USec. Maria Cleofe "Gettie" Sandoval Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) My task this morning is to provide everyone a quick background and general explanation on the recently signed Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro the 15th of October this yea; after a series of exploratory negotiations that began in 1997. For this Administration this concluded the 18 meetings all held in Kuala Lumpurwith Malaysia as the facilitator. The document contains a political settlement between two parties, the Covernment of the Republic of the Philippines or the CPH and the (FAB). This was signed on Moro lslamic Liberation Front The Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro, as a negotiated settlemenl as a political settlement necessarily contains the agreed parameters and the conditions set forth by the two parties. lt sets a road map, a guideline on how a transition from the current ARMM to a Bangsamoro will be made. Lastly, it creates a new political autonomous entity called the Bangsamoro which is intended to replace the autonomous region of Muslim Mindanao. The Bangsamoro Covernment as the framework contains will be ministerial in form. This means that there will be political parties elected, and political parties will choose their leaders who will seat in the Assembly. Of course the assembly will be under the supervision of the President of the Philippines. The relationship of this Covernment with the Central Covernment and with the other local government units will be asymmetrical in nature. This means there will be a relationship between the Central Covernment and the Bangsamoro as contained in Article 10 of the Constitution as well as with other local governments units, municipalities, cities and barangays. The agreemenf likewise, identifies or deflnes the identity of the Bangsamoro, as well as the core territory that is proposed to be covered by the Bangsamoro. The identity as deflned in the FAB refers to those who at the time of conquest and colonization were considered natives or original inhabitants in Mindanao and Sulu archipelago, and its adjacent islands, including Palawan, the descendants of these natives or original inhabitants whether mixed or full blood as well as their spouses and descendants. Itaguyod ang IHL: Sibilyan Pangalagaan