TS1, Cotabato

Tim Site 1 Cotabato, 14 Juli 2013, mengadakan wawancara di Kantor Polisi Alamada untuk verifikasi insiden tembak-menembak antara dua kelompok yang diduga melibatkan GPH dan MILF yang terjadi di Kota Alamada, Propinsi Cotabato Utara. Berdasarkan keterangan yang dikumpulkan,  disimpulkan bahwa kejadian tersebut merupakan perselisihan antar kelompok masyarakat yang dipicu dari perlombaan pertandingan bola basket, bukan sebagai insiden pelanggaran ceasefire antara GPH dan MILF. Gambar dari kiri ke kanan (berdiri) Inspektur Polisi Edwin Abantes (berseragam Polisi), Anggota Polisi, Mayor Mubin (Anggota TS1, Brunei, berseragam militer), Abas Basori (Anggota TS1, Indonesia, memakai rompi), Ir. Eveline (Kepala Perencanaan Kota Alamada), dan WO Suhardi (Anggota TS1, Brunei berseragam militer).

PREPARING THE MISSION

BRIEFING W/ HEAD OF MISSION AT IMT HQ COTABATO ON JULY 3rd, 2013

IMTMINDANAO

The International Monitoring Team – Mindanao

The International Monitoring Team – Mindanao was established in October 2004.  At the initial phase of the deployment, the IMT was responsible for observing, monitoring, verifying, investigating, and reporting on the enforcement of the Mutual Cessation of Hostilities between the two parties to the GPH and MILF Peace Panels and the Malaysian Secretariat. In 2007, the Terms of Reference (ToR) on the Socio-Economic Assistance Aspects was agreed upon by the Parties for Japan to participate in IMT. Subsequently, the Agreement on the Civilian Protection Component (CPC) of the IMT was signed by the parties on 27 October 2009. The current ToR governing the mandate of the IMT was signed by the Peace Panels of GPH and MILF in Kuala Lumpur on 10 February 2011.
The objective of IMT, as stated in the ToR, is to “monitor the  Implementation of the Agreement on Peace between the GPH and MILF of 22 June 2001 and its Implementing Guidelines on the Security Aspects of 7 August 2001 and Implementing Guidelines on the Humanitarian, Rehabilitation, and Development Aspects of 7 May 2002 (Tripoli Agreement) and Agreement on the Civilian Protection Component (CPC) of  the IMT of 27 October 2009″.

The area of coverage for IMT-M is larger than Mindanao itself because Palawan Islands are also included in The IMT’s mandate.