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❦A formal peace agreement ended two decades of insurgency but left contested implementation questions.
On 2 December 1997, the Government of Bangladesh and PCJSS signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord. The accord ended large-scale insurgency under the Shanti Bahini framework, introduced institutional commitments on autonomyAutonomyThe ability of a region or political unit to govern its own affairs within a larger state framework. and land issues, and began a long implementation process.[1][2]Evidence: Medium
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On 2 December 1997, the Government of Bangladesh and PCJSS signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord. The accord ended large-scale insurgency under the Shanti Bahini framework, introduced institutional commitments on autonomyAutonomyThe ability of a region or political unit to govern its own affairs within a larger state framework. and land issues, and began a long implementation process.[1][2]Evidence: Medium
1976-1997
Shanti Bahini Insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Post-Liberation State and Democracy
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1990
Mass Uprising
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1991
Return to Parliamentary Democracy
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CHT Political Leader
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Full text of the 1997 peace accord via UN peacemaking repository.
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Reference overview of the accord and signatory framework.
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On 2 December 1997, the Government of Bangladesh and PCJSS signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord. The accord ended large-scale insurgency under the Shanti Bahini framework, introduced institutional commitments on autonomyAutonomyThe ability of a region or political unit to govern its own affairs within a larger state framework. and land issues, and began a long implementation process.
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