PHL Peace Update: P. Murphy shares "Winning formula to achieve peace: basis of trust, perseverance, intensity, parity of esteem & int'l dimensions..."

A British lawmaker visited two cities - Davao and Manila — last week to share the lessons he learned at the negotiating table in Northern Ireland to provide insights for the Mindanao peace talks. Called the "talks minister" because of negotiations he had done, Paul Murphy, who is also a former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (NI) and Wales, spent two years chairing some of the talks which led to the groundbreaking Belfast/Good Friday agreement in 1998, the framework for peace in Northern Ireland.

"Peace doesn't happen overnight, but if there's a will, then eventually it will," Murphy told members of the peace panels of the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF); the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and key government offices; the Senate and House of Representatives; Armed Forces of the Philippines; Philippine National Police; civil society groups and business leaders in Mindanao."
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