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Areas of Agreement on the Establishment of the Transitional Government of National Unity in the Republic of South Sudan

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South-Sudan

Parties: Government of the Republic of South Sudan; Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (In Opposition) (SPLM/A–IO)

Type: Intra-state

Areas of Agreement on the Establishment of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) in the Republic of South Sudan

01 February 2015

The Parties agreed to establish a Transitional Government of National Unity for a period of 30 months, preceded by a thee-month pre-transitional period. The Parties agreed for the mandate of the Transitional Government to include inter alia, implementing the peace agreement and restoring peace, expediting the return and rehabilitation of refugees and IDPs, overseeing a process of national reconciliation, overseeing the permanent Constitution-making process, ensuring transparent management of national wealth, reforming the civil service, implementing security sector reforms and rebuilding destroyed infrastructure, amongst others. The Agreement further made provision for approval of the Peace Agreement by the SPLM and power-sharing ratios in government. The Agreement provided for transitional security arrangements and the establishment of a Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing to spearhead efforts to address the legacies of conflict, with the mandate to establish an accurate and impartial historical record of human rights violations, identify victims and perpetrators, and facilitate reconciliation and healing. The Parties further agreed to establish an independent hybrid judicial body to investigate and prosecute the individuals with the greatest responsibility for violations in the conflict.


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