Resolutions Adopted by the Consortium of BangsaMoro Organizations in Mindanao during its first
NGO-PO Leaders' Consultation
Urging the member-organizations to affirm their belief that Islam, as a way of life, is a guiding principle in the pursuit of their avowed dream for social justice, peace, development and freedom.
Requesting the Consortium to conduct a series of seminars on Islamic values including gender issues, the rights, roles and privileges of women in Islam.
Urging the Philippine Government to respect and recognize the BangsaMoro as a people with a distinct culture and belief different from the rest of the Filipino people.
Urging the Philippine Government to respect and recognize the inherent rights of the BangsaMoro to govern themselves in accordance with their beleifs as guaranteed under the International Declaration of Human Rights and the International Human Rights Law.
Urging the Philippine Government to stop deploying military troops in the BangsaMoro homeland as this would result to massive dislocation of the BangsaMoro.
Requesting the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to expand the membership of the QRT and IFFC to include the Consortium and other organizations.
Requesting the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to expand the authority of the QRT and IFFC and let the public know the results of any investigation conducted.
Urging the Consortium to put a Mindanao-wide BangsaMoro Humanitarian Disaster Center that would respond to disaster problems in BangsaMoro communities and to conduct disaster management trainings.
Urging the Consortium to strengthen research, policy advocacy and campaign activities that would provide adequate and up to date data as basis for actions.
Requesting the Consortium to provide a capability building program and technical asistance to member-organizations such as organizing management trainings, strategic development planning, human rights research and documentation.
Urging the Consortium to express their unwavering support to the Filipino people on their crusade against the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), Mining Act and the Foreign Investment Act.
Urging the Consortium to launch a campaign against the continued intrution of Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) in the BangsaMoro homeland.
Requesting the Philippine Government to provide the NGOs and POs with an appropriate budget in the process and implementation of an agrarian reform program.
Urging the Philippine government to conduct a series of consultations with the native inhabitants of Liguwasan Marsh before any proposed project in the area shall be implemented.
Urging the Department of Interior and the Department of Local Government to strictly implement the provisions of the 1991 Local Government Code guaranteeing the NGOs as partners in the process and implementation of economic development projects in the municipalities.
Requesting the Consortium to launch campaigns against the non-increasing of labor's minimum wages.
Requesting the Consortium to design a socio-economic program that would help increase the production of poor farmers.
Requesting the Consortium to launch campaigns against the demolition of Muslim urban poor areas.
Requesting the Consortium to express stiff opposition against all anti-people policies of the US-Philippine Government.
Urging the Consortium to continue working with Tri-People, especially the Indigenous People.
Urging the Consortium to respond to the development need of the BangsaMoro children.
Urging the Consortium to find means towards carrying out the mandate of the consultation both in the short and long terms.
Urging the Consortium to undertake a study on the SPCPD and ARMM with foreign NGOs as part of its advocacy campaign and as a tool to draft a development framework for the BangsaMoro.
