Hague Joint Declaration of the GPH-CPP/NPA/NDF | Sept. 1, 1992
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1. Formal peace negotiations between the GRP and the NDF shall be held to resolve the armed conflict.
2. The common goal of the aforesaid negotiations shall be the attainment of a just and lasting peace.
3. Such negotiations shall take palce after the parties have reached tentative agreements on substantive issues in the agreed aenda through the reciprocal working committees to be separately organized by the GRP and the NDF.
4. The holdin of peace negotiations must be in accordance with mutually acceptable principles, including national sovereignty, democracy and social justice, and no precondition shall be made to negate the inherent character and purpose of the peace negotiations.
5. Preparatory to the formal peace negotiations, we have agreed to recommend the following:
a. Specific measures of goodwill and confidence-building to create a favorable climate for peace negotiations; and
b. The substantive agenda of the formal peace negotiations shall include human rights and international humanitarian law, socio-economic reforms, political and constitutional reforms, end of hostilities and disposition of forces.
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