Two Million Six Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand One Hundred Six (2,623,106) responses to Di-YES for Peace – Bayanihan para sa Kapayapaan was reported to have been generated by the end of the term of PFVR on 30 June 1998.

The Governing Council of the National Peace Conference resolved to express its full support to the DIYES FOR PEACE – Bayanihan para sa Kapayapaan and its  solidarity with the call for peace negotiations among all parties to the armed conflicts and involving the meaningful participation of citizens’ groups to address the roots of the internal armed conflict dividing the nation.

President Joseph Ejercito Estrada (PJEE)signed and approved the Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRHIL) and constituted a Joint Monitoring Committee to monitor the implementation of the Agreement. 

The adoption of Resolution 53/25 – International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001-2010 by 55^th plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly reinforced the resolve of those behind the campaign to move on and find ways to realize its objectives.

A Status Report and a 10-page Implementation Plan – “10 Million in 10 Days” were prepared and submitted to PJEE.

PAGCOR Chairperson Alice Ll. Reyes sought the approval of the suggestion that PAGCOR finance the two phases of the campaign which will cost PhP1.81 per respondent.

Executive Order No. 115, “Providing for the Mechanics and Operational Structure for the Localization of Peace Efforts to Address the Communist Insurgency”

The campaign was clearly in tune with United Nations General Assembly Resolution 53/243 – Declaration on a Culture of Peace to “foster a culture of peace through education” and focused on the following actions at the national level stipulated in the Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace:

“(b) Ensure that children, from an early age, benefit from education on the values, attitudes, modes of behaviour and ways of life to enable them to resolve any dispute peacefully and in a spirit of respect for human dignity and of tolerance and non-discrimination;

“(c) Involve children in activities designed to instill in them the values and goals of a culture of peace.”

The general and specific objectives, goals and values being espoused by the campaign were also in synch with the “Manifesto 2000 for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence”

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/47 – “International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World, 2001 – 2010” during its 174^th meeting.  The Resolution invited “civil society at the local, regional and national levels to widen the scope of their activities to promote a culture of peace and non-violence.”

Filipinos from different walks of life, ideologies, political affiliations and religious beliefs showed the world that they can transcend these and unite. They bonded together to force popularly elected PJEE whom they perceived to be incompetent, abusive and corrupt to leave his office.

The challenge left by lessons learned over three administrations was daunting: Find ways and means to implement the campaign without government funding and the reluctance of the private sector to frontally challenge the armed groups out of fear of reprisals.