Parties: H.E. Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan for the Incumbent TGoNU; H.E. Dr Riek Machar, Chairman and Commander in Chief of the SPLM/SPLA-IO; SPLM-Former Detainees; South Sudanese Opposition Alliance; Other Political Parties (OPP) of South Sudan; Umbrella of Political Parties; National Alliance of Political Parties; United South African Party (USAF); United Democratic Salvation Front; United Democratic Party; African National Congress (ANC)
Type: Intra-state
The Agreement provided for a Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity, and set out its establishment, mandate, composition and structure of the Executive, comprising a President, First Vice President and Vice Presidents, Council of Ministers and the Transitional National Legislative Assembly and Council of States. The Agreement provided for the boundaries and number of states. It provided for state and local governments and the judiciary, as well as transitional institutions and mechanisms such as the Anti-Corruption Commission, Peace Commission and Refugees Commission, amongst others. The Agreement also set out the provisions guiding the holding of national elections. It provided for a Disarmament, Demobilisation and Re-Integration Commission and a Strategic Defence and Security Review Board. The Agreement protects the right of Refugees and IDPs to return in safety and dignity and to be afforded physical, legal and psychological protection.
The Agreement provided for the establishment of a Special Reconstruction Fund and the preparation of a programme and detailed action plan for the reconstruction of conflict-affected States. It further provided general principles and specific guidance on resource, economic and financial management, which inter alia provide that the wealth of South Sudan would be shared equitably and for institutional reform of the Anti-Corruption Commission, amongst other institutions. The provisions in the Agreement in many ways reconfirm what was provided in the previous Agreement. Chapter V was dedicated to transitional justice, accountability, reconciliation and healing, and provided for the establishment and functioning of a Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing, a Hybrid Court for South Sudan and a Compensation and Reparation Authority. The Agreement provided the parameters of the permanent Constitution and established a Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission responsible for monitoring and overseeing the implementation of the Agreement.