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Peace Agreements

Peace Agreement between the Government of Chad and MN

The Parties to the Agreement are “resolved to consolidate the rule of law and good governance, the achievement of economic development and social progress, the full exercise of fundamental freedoms on the basis of equality of citizens”. They commit to respect for the Constitution, general amnesty to members of MN, including those on death row....

Peace Agreements

Peace Agreement between Government of Chad and FAN, FROLINAT and Other Rebel Factions

The Agreement of January 1978 between the Government and FAN provided for a Government of National Unity and the establishment of a constituent assembly. The Ceasefire Agreement and Reconciliation Charter of August 1978 provided for a Government of National Unity headed by General Habre as prime minister. The Superior Military Council (CSM) was dissolved and...

Peace Agreements

Political Accord to Resolve the Political Security Crisis in Central African Republic

The Libreville Accord determines that the incumbent president may not stand for a further term, and that a Unity Government is established for a period of 12 months which has the mandate to organise national elections, reorganise the defence and security forces and the territorial administration, and reform the judicial system and social and economic...

Peace Agreements

Peace Agreement between the Government of the Central African Republic and Political-Military Movements FDPC, UFDR and APRD

The Accord provides for the rehabilitation and integration of the FDPC and UFDR forces into the national armed forces, creation of conditions for the return of displaced persons, a general amnesty for FDPC and UFDR combatants and release of political prisoners. It further provides for the representation of FDPC and UFDR in the management of...

Peace Agreements

Peace Agreement in Central African Republic

The Preliminary Agreement endorses the Report of the Committee on Consensus Building and Dialogue, which provides for a number of TJ measures, including: the establishment of an independent, joint electoral commission and revision of the electoral code; establishment of a government of national union, a press code to be adopted related to broadcasting, and the...

Peace Agreements

Agreement between the Government of Cameroon and the Government of Nigeria on the Bakassi Peninsula

The Joint Communique establishes a Joint Commission to implement the ruling of 10 October of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), through demarcating the land boundary between the two countries and making recommendations on inter alia confidence building through regular meetings at various levels, developing joint economic ventures and cross-border cooperation.

Peace Agreements

Agreement between the Government of Burundi and Palipehutu–FNL

The Dar-es-Salaam Agreement provides for the creation of a Commission of Experts to rewrite the history of Burundi, in consultation with all components of Burundian society. It provides that a highly representative truth commission would be established in legislation and would be called the Truth, Forgiveness and Reconciliation Commission, with the aim to establish the...

Peace Agreements

Agreement between the Transitional Government and CNDD–FDD

The Pretoria Protocol provides for political power sharing, by providing for positions for the CNDD–FDD in the Executive, Legislature, governors of provinces and local governors as well as the diplomatic corps. It also provides for security reform through the formation of the Burundi National Defence Force comprising 60% government forces and 40% CNDD–FDD forces. It...

Peace Agreements

Agreement between the Government of Angola and FLEC

The Memorandum on the Cabinda Province is aimed at putting an end to “the conflict and to establish a just and lasting peace in the framework of a true reconciliation in the Province of Cabinda”. The Memorandum provides for an amnesty law for all crimes committed under the armed conflict. In terms of reconciliation, it...

Peace Agreements

Agreement between the Government of Angola and UNITA

The first agreement, the Bicesse Accords, was aimed mainly at regulating a ceasefire, with some fundamental elements for peace contained in Attachment II. The comprehensive Lusaka Protocol was supposed to bring an end to the conflict; however, the agreements were broken, and the Luanda Protocol and Leuna Agreement were adopted to clarify further issues and...