University of Hawai'i at Manoa

SEMINAR-LECTURE

Update on Mindanao: The MILF and GRP Peace Talks

by Fr. William H. Kreutz, S. J.

Fr. Kreutz will discuss the problems and issues of the on-going peace talks between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP), which is brokered by Malaysia. In 1996, the Philippine government entered into an agreement with a militant Islamic group, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), to grant autonomy to the Muslims of Mindanao. Soon after this, the other Islamic faction (MILF) pressed for independence. The talks, which began in 1998, have been stalled by the war in 2000 and intermittent violations of the agreed ceasefire. Fr. Kreutz will analyze the realities of the continuing tension and prospects for peace.

Fr. Kreutz is currently the President of a leading Jesuit-run institution in Mindanao, the Ateneo de Zamboanga University, on the island of Mindanao, Philippines.

Date and venue: March 27, 2004, 4:00 p.m. Hale Halawai, 1633 East-West Road (across Hale Manoa)

This lecture is co-sponsored by the East-West Center Participants Association. The lecture is free and open to the public. For information, please call the Center for Philippine Studies at 956-6086, fax 956-2682 or email cps@hawaii.edu. For inquiries, please contact Lindy Aquino at 956-2686 or email lyndy@hawaii.edu, or else call Mr. Vinh Ho, President of EWCPA, at 944-7042.

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