STATEMENTS BY IID AND ITS NETWORKS
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Peace group welcomes GRP-NDFP declaration of ceasefire; calls for ‘greater social solidarity’ amid COVID19 pandemic
The Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID), today, welcomed as a positive development the recent declaration of ceasefires by both the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), as the Philippines...
ASEAN urged to heed UN Sec-Gen call for ceasefire, ensure human rights amid COVID19
We, the undersigned civil society organisations and individuals, strongly urge the Member-States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to heed the call of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres for immediate global ceasefire in active armed...
IID Letter to Partners on COVID-19
Dear Friends and Partners, Warm greetings of peace in these trying times! We wanted to update you on how the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) has responded to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and to reassure you we are doing all we can to ease any...
Mindanao group urges Duterte to ‘do a Bangsamoro’ for GRP-NDFP talks
The Mindanao-based regional non-government organization, Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) today urged President Rodrigo Duterte to ‘do a Bangsamoro’ in the government’s stalled peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines...
Position Paper On The Dissolution Of The Task Force Bangon Marawi, Creation Of Oversight Commission On Recovery, Reconstruction And Rehabilitation Of Marawi, And Call For Unconditional Immediate Return Of The Internally Displaced People (IDPs)
Presented by Prof. Tirmizy Abdullah of the Ranaw Civil Society Organizations during the public hearing conducted by the Senate’s Special Committee on Marawi City Rehabilitation on 21 February 2020 The immediate response of the government to Marawi Siege was the...
Independent Mindanao Indigenous Peoples appeal for dialogue with government and NDFP on recognition of their ancestral domain
“Indigenous peoples’ communities have had enough being caught in the crossfire in the country’s armed conflict between the insurgents and the state. This cycle of turning our ancestral domains into battlegrounds for more than 50 years now must end. Decades of conflict...