These agreements together aim to promote sustainable peace and security in the Great Lakes region. The Preamble to the Pact on Security, Stability and Development reaffirms the “individual and collective determination to transform the Great Lakes Region into a space of durable peace and security, of political and social stability, and of economic growth and...

According to its founding treaty, aim of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) is to promote and strengthen harmonious cooperation and balanced and self-sustained development in all fields of economic and social activity, particularly in the fields of industry, transport and communications, energy agriculture, natural resources, trade, customs, monetary and financial matters, human...

The Parties to the 1999 Agreement recognised that without peace the country cannot preserve and consolidate national unity or promote democracy and development, and that the restoration and preservation of peace requires the establishment of a national dialogue. The Accord provided for the promulgation of a law of general amnesty. It required the free movement...

The Parties recognised that without peace the country cannot preserve and consolidate national unity or promote democracy and development. The Accord provided for the promulgation of an amnesty law in respect of the militias that have laid down their arms. It further provided for the rescue of populations at risk in the forest areas. It...