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The Only Way is Forward

 (Opening Statement of Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, Chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, during the MILF-FOCAP Forum on the Peace Process at Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on August 9. 2010)

Mr. Alastair McIndoe, President of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines
My Colleagues in the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Mr. Manny Mogato and other members of the FOCAP
Members of other media organizations, who are here with us this morning
Ladies and Gentlemen GOOD MORNING! It is good to say the GRP-MILF Peace Process has gone a long way, to be quite precise, more than 13 years since 1997, in a bid to solve the age-old Moro Question and armed conflict in Mindanao. We have already signed with the government 87 or so documents of various nature and importance. And the Parties have also initialed one landmark document, the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD), with their commitment to “reframe the consensus points with the end in view of moving towards the comprehensive compact to bring about a negotiated political settlement.”

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2009 State of the Nation Address of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

2nd Regular Session of the 14th Congress
Republic of the Philippines
28 July 2008


Thank you, Speaker Nograles. Senate President Villar. Senators and Representatives. Vice President de Castro, President Ramos, Chief Justice Puno, members of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen:

I address you today at a crucial moment in world history.

Just a few months ago, we ended 2007 with the strongest economic growth in a generation. Inflation was low, the peso strong and a million new jobs were created. We were all looking to a better, brighter future.
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Knowing the Truth: The Truth may save the IDPs from further miseries

By Guiamel M. Alim
Executive Director, Kadtuntaya Foundation Inc. (KFI)
Chairperson, Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society (CBCS)

(Presented during the State of the Bakwits CSO-Media Dialogue and Information Exchange on 29 June 2009 at Hotel Estosan, Cotabato City.)


Magandang araw po sa lahat. Peace and Blessings of God be upon us!

Let me thank first the women and men behind this occasion and the leaders of the NGOs who took extra time to make this thing happen.

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Speech of US President Barack Obama in Cairo

Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
June 4, 2009


I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalamu alaikum.

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Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney’s Remarks

Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney’s Remarks
Young Moro Leaders Forum
Asia Institute of Management, Makati
February 6, 2009


(As delivered)


Part 1:

Ambassador:  Thanks, Karen [Davila] and I want to say how wonderful it is that someone of your prestige and stature would be here today at this important gathering.  Thank you very much.
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