• Country/entity

  Democratic Republic of Congo
  

• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  

• Agreement name

  Sirte Peace Agreement

• Date

  18 Apr 1999

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Congo Civil Wars (1996 - ) )

• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process

• Conflict nature

  Government

• Peace process

  DRC: Second Congo war process

• Parties

  (Signed) H.E. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI, President of the Republic of Uganda
  (Signed) H.E. Idriss DEBY, President of the Republic of Chad
  (Signed) H.E. Issaias AFEWORKI, President of the State of Eritrea
  (Signed) H.E. Laurant Désiré KABILA, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo

• Third parties

  (Signed) Col. Muamar EL-GADDAFI, Leader of the Great El-Fateh Revolution and Coordinator of the Peace Process in the Great Lakes

• Description

  The Sirte Peace Agreement is linked to the Lusaka Peace Process. The Sirte Agreement is a declaration of commitment to the ongoing regional peace process and calls for a ceasefire.

• Agreement document

  CD_990418_SirteAgreement.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

The Peace Agreement

On the basis of the Charter of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), of the first Cariso Summit in 1964 calling for respect of the pre-independence terms,

In view of the military operations in the Great Lakes region leading to thedestabilization of peace and security within various States,

Opening the door before foreign interventions, which hinder the aims of thecontinent towards development and integration,

Out of the Sirte mini-Summit on 30 September 1998 relative to the currentconflict in the Great Lakes region,

Confirming the Lusaka Summit held from 13 to 16 January 1999, the precedingmeetings and the achieved results aimed at finding a lasting, peaceful solutionto the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Realizing the tragedies of the awful massacres as a result of the armedstrife in the region,

The signatories to this Agreement have decided the following:

1. Affirm the security and integrity of the political borders of allStates.

2. Immediate cessation of hostilities to pave the way for dialogue andpeaceful solution.

3. Deployment of neutral African peacekeeping forces in the area wherethere are troops of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi inside the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo.

4. Withdrawal of Ugandan and Rwandan troops will be timed with thearrival of the African peace forces.

5. The signatories to this Agreement condemn all acts of violence andmass murder, and affirm the need to chase the killers, punish anddisarm them.

6. Encourage the Democratic Republic of the Congo to initiate a nationaldialogue for all parties.

7. Withdrawal of all foreign forces present in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo as soon as a peace agreement is reached.

8. All parties pledge to refrain from taking actions to overthrow theregime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

9. Respect the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs ofcountries.

10. Stress the continuity of the leading role of the brother leader aspeace coordinator in the Great Lakes region, in creating the climateand mechanism, to liaise with President Shiloba and to accelerate theprocess of peace.

DONE at Sirte on 18/04/1429 (1999).

(Signed) H.E. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENIPresident of the Republic of Uganda

(Signed) H.E. Issaias AFEWORKIPresident of the State of Eritrea

(Signed) H.E.President of

(Signed) H.E.President ofof the Congo

Idriss DEBYthe Republi of Chad

Laurant Désiré KABILAthe Democratic Republic

(Signed) Col.

Muamar EL-GADDAFI Leader of the Great El-Fateh Revolution and Coordinator of the Peace Process in the Great Lakes