CHITTAGONG HILL TRACT (CHT) ACCORD

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• The government of Bangladesh signed Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) Accord in 1997 with Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) representing Jumma indigenous people to end decades of armed conflict in the South Eastern region of the country.
  
  
• Protection of the land rights of Jumma people, rehabilitation, self-government and withdrawal of military from the region were the key points of the accord.
  
  
• Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was honoured with the UNESCO Peace Prize in 1998 for the accord.
  
  
• Indigenous people's organisations have accused the government of not implementing the accord but the government claims that most of the provisions of the accord have been implemented.