Accords de Paix et de cessation des hostilités dans le département de Pool
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Republic of CongoRegion
Africa (excl MENA)Agreement name
Accords de Paix et de cessation des hostilités dans le département de PoolDate
17 Mar 2003Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreedInterim arrangement
YesAgreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( )Stage
Ceasefire/relatedConflict nature
GovernmentPeace process
Republic of Congo peace processParties
For the Reverend Pasteur Ntoumi [President of the National Council of Resistance], and by order: Daniel Mahoulouba, representative of the delegation to Brazzaville, and Doctor Gozardio, personal representative.
Isidore Mvouba [Minister of State, Minister of Transport and Privatisation, Government of the Republic of Congo].Third parties
-Description
This agreement creates a ceasefire between the National Council of Resistance (CNR) and the Government of the Republic of Congo. Issues covered in the agreement include DDR, amnesty, elections, and the inclusion of CNR ex-combatants in the government forces and the monitoring commission for the 16/11/1999 and 29/12/1999.
Agreement document
Agreement document (original language)
Groups
- Children/youth
No specific mention.
- Disabled persons
No specific mention.
- Elderly/age
No specific mention.
- Migrant workers
No specific mention.
- Racial/ethnic/national group
No specific mention.
- Religious groups
No specific mention.
- Indigenous people
No specific mention.
- Other groups
No specific mention.
- Refugees/displaced persons
No specific mention.
- Social class
No specific mention.
Gender
- Women, girls and gender
No specific mention.
- Men and boys
No specific mention.
- LGBTI
No specific mention.
- Family
No specific mention.
State definition
- Nature of state (general)
No specific mention.
- State configuration
No specific mention.
- Self determination
No specific mention.
- Referendum
No specific mention.
- State symbols
No specific mention.
- Independence/secession
No specific mention.
- Accession/unification
No specific mention.
- Border delimitation
No specific mention.
- Cross-border provision
No specific mention.
Governance
- Political institutions (new or reformed)
No specific mention.
- ElectionsPage 1, 1):
The commitments of “pasteur Ntoumi”
...Hence, I undertake to end the hostilities, to collect the arms held by the ex-combatants in order to return them to the relevant authorised commission, and not to create any hindrance to the re-establishment of State authority in the Pool Region, to the free circulation of people and goods in the Pool Region, to the redeployment of government forces in the Pool Region and to the completion of the electoral process in the Pool Region.
Page 1, 2):
The commitments of the government
...In return, the ex-combatants undertake not to create any hindrance to the re-establishment of State authority in the Pool Region, to the free circulation of people and goods in the Pool Region, to the redeployment of government forces in the Pool Region and to the completion of the electoral process in the Pool Region, in accordance with the spirit and letter of the agreements cited above, which they confirm to acknowledge and respect.” - Electoral commission
No specific mention.
- Political parties reform
No specific mention.
- Civil society
No specific mention.
- Traditional/religious leaders
No specific mention.
- Public administration
No specific mention.
- Constitution
No specific mention.
Power sharing
- Political power sharing
No specific mention.
- Territorial power sharing
No specific mention.
- Economic power sharing
No specific mention.
- Military power sharingPower sharing→Military power sharing→Merger of forcesPage 1, 1):
The commitments of “pasteur Ntoumi”
...In return, the government undertakes to guarantee: the provisions of the law of amnesty no 21/99 of 20 December 1999, granting amnesty for acts of war during the civil wars of 1993-94, 1997-98 and extended to cover the events of 29 March 2002; the security and the professional and socio-economic reinsertion of ex-combatants, in particular by their recruitment in the government forces, availability of posts permitting and with due regard to the relevant criteria, with career soldiers being returned to their respective units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8; the integration of representatives of ex-combatants in the Monitoring Committee for the Congo Peace and Reconstruction Convention, around which five commissions specialising in peace in Pool will be established, to ensure implementation of the agreements cited above, and complying with the structure of this committee.”
Page 1, 2):
The commitments of the government
...I undertake, from today, to recruit the ex-combatants to the government forces, within the limits of the available resources provided by the government and with due regard to the relevant criteria, career soldiers will be made available to their units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8.
Human rights and equality
- Human rights/RoL general
No specific mention.
- Bill of rights/similar
No specific mention.
- Treaty incorporation
No specific mention.
- Civil and political rights
No specific mention.
- Socio-economic rights
No specific mention.
Rights related issues
- Citizenship
No specific mention.
- Democracy
No specific mention.
- Detention procedures
No specific mention.
- Media and communication
No specific mention.
- Mobility/accessPage 1, 1):
The commitments of “pasteur Ntoumi”
...Hence, I undertake to end the hostilities, to collect the arms held by the ex-combatants in order to return them to the relevant authorised commission, and not to create any hindrance to the re-establishment of State authority in the Pool Region, to the free circulation of people and goods in the Pool Region, to the redeployment of government forces in the Pool Region and to the completion of the electoral process in the Pool Region.
Page 1, 2):
The commitments of the government
...In return, the ex-combatants undertake not to create any hindrance to the re-establishment of State authority in the Pool Region, to the free circulation of people and goods in the Pool Region, to the redeployment of government forces in the Pool Region and to the completion of the electoral process in the Pool Region, in accordance with the spirit and letter of the agreements cited above, which they confirm to acknowledge and respect.” - Protection measures
No specific mention.
- Other
No specific mention.
Rights institutions
- NHRI
No specific mention.
- Regional or international human rights institutions
No specific mention.
Justice sector reform
- Criminal justice and emergency law
No specific mention.
- State of emergency provisions
No specific mention.
- Judiciary and courts
No specific mention.
- Prisons and detention
No specific mention.
- Traditional Laws
No specific mention.
Socio-economic reconstruction
- Development or socio-economic reconstruction
No specific mention.
- National economic plan
No specific mention.
- Natural resources
No specific mention.
- International funds
No specific mention.
- Business
No specific mention.
- Taxation
No specific mention.
- Banks
No specific mention.
Land, property and environment
- Land reform/rights
No specific mention.
- Pastoralist/nomadism rights
No specific mention.
- Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
- Environment
No specific mention.
- Water or riparian rights or access
No specific mention.
Security sector
- Security Guarantees
No specific mention.
- CeasefireSecurity sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision[Summary: The entire agreement provides for a ceasefire between the CNR and the Government of the Republic of Congo. The ceasefire commences on 17/03/2003 and is presumed to be permanent. For provisions not coded here see parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces; armed forces, DDR, amnesty and enforcement mechanism.]
Page 1, 1):
The commitments of “pasteur Ntoumi” “I, the undersigned Reverend Pasteur Ntoumi, President of the National Council of Resistance (CNR), hereby confirm the provisions of the ceasefire and cessation of hostilities agreement signed on 16 November at Pointe-Noire and 29 December 1999, in Brazzaville
Page 1, 2):
The commitments of the government “ I, the undersigned Isidore Mvouba, Minister of State, Minister of Transport and Privatisation, responsible for the coordination of government activity, acting in the name of and on account of the government and its Head, Denis Sassou Nguesso, in accordance with the provisions of the ceasefire and cessation of hostilities agreements signed on 16 November at Pointe-Noire and 29 December 1999, in Brazzaville, as well as the law of amnesty no 21/99 of 20 December 1999, granting amnesty for acts of war during the civil wars of 1993-94, 1997-98 and extended to cover the events of 29 March 2002.
Hence, I undertake in the name of the president of the republic to guarantee the security and the professional and socio-economic reinsertion of the ex-combatants, and from this day onwards to end hostilities and to return all weapons to the relevant authorised commission. - Police
No specific mention.
- Armed forcesPage 1, 1):
The commitments of “pasteur Ntoumi”
...Hence, I undertake to end the hostilities, to collect the arms held by the ex-combatants in order to return them to the relevant authorised commission, and not to create any hindrance to the re-establishment of State authority in the Pool Region, to the free circulation of people and goods in the Pool Region, to the redeployment of government forces in the Pool Region and to the completion of the electoral process in the Pool Region.
...In return, the government undertakes to guarantee: the provisions of the law of amnesty no 21/99 of 20 December 1999, granting amnesty for acts of war during the civil wars of 1993-94, 1997-98 and extended to cover the events of 29 March 2002; the security and the professional and socio-economic reinsertion of ex-combatants, in particular by their recruitment in the government forces, availability of posts permitting and with due regard to the relevant criteria, with career soldiers being returned to their respective units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8; the integration of representatives of ex-combatants in the Monitoring Committee for the Congo Peace and Reconstruction Convention, around which five commissions specialising in peace in Pool will be established, to ensure implementation of the agreements cited above, and complying with the structure of this committee.”
Page 1, 2):
The commitments of the government
...I undertake, from today, to recruit the ex-combatants to the government forces, within the limits of the available resources provided by the government and with due regard to the relevant criteria, career soldiers will be made available to their units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8.
...In return, the ex-combatants undertake not to create any hindrance to the re-establishment of State authority in the Pool Region, to the free circulation of people and goods in the Pool Region, to the redeployment of government forces in the Pool Region and to the completion of the electoral process in the Pool Region, in accordance with the spirit and letter of the agreements cited above, which they confirm to acknowledge and respect.” - DDRSecurity sector→DDR→DDR programmesPage 1, 1):
The commitments of “pasteur Ntoumi”
...Hence, I undertake to end the hostilities, to collect the arms held by the ex-combatants in order to return them to the relevant authorised commission, and not to create any hindrance to the re-establishment of State authority in the Pool Region, to the free circulation of people and goods in the Pool Region, to the redeployment of government forces in the Pool Region and to the completion of the electoral process in the Pool Region.
...In return, the government undertakes to guarantee: the provisions of the law of amnesty no 21/99 of 20 December 1999, granting amnesty for acts of war during the civil wars of 1993-94, 1997-98 and extended to cover the events of 29 March 2002; the security and the professional and socio-economic reinsertion of ex-combatants, in particular by their recruitment in the government forces, availability of posts permitting and with due regard to the relevant criteria, with career soldiers being returned to their respective units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8; the integration of representatives of ex-combatants in the Monitoring Committee for the Congo Peace and Reconstruction Convention, around which five commissions specialising in peace in Pool will be established, to ensure implementation of the agreements cited above, and complying with the structure of this committee.”
Page 1, 2):
The commitments of the government
...Hence, I undertake in the name of the president of the republic to guarantee the security and the professional and socio-economic reinsertion of the ex-combatants, and from this day onwards to end hostilities and to return all weapons to the relevant authorised commission.
I undertake, from today, to recruit the ex-combatants to the government forces, within the limits of the available resources provided by the government and with due regard to the relevant criteria, career soldiers will be made available to their units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8. - Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forcesPage 1, 1) The commitments of “pasteur Ntoumi” “I, the undersigned Reverend Pasteur Ntoumi, President of the National Council of Resistance (CNR), hereby confirm the provisions of the ceasefire and cessation of hostilities agreement signed on 16 November at Pointe-Noire and 29 December 1999, in Brazzaville.
Hence, I undertake to end the hostilities, to collect the arms held by the ex-combatants in order to return them to the relevant authorised commission, and not to create any hindrance to the re-establishment of State authority in the Pool Region, to the free circulation of people and goods in the Pool Region, to the redeployment of government forces in the Pool Region and to the completion of the electoral process in the Pool Region.
In addition I undertake to contribute to the consolidation of peace and security in the Pool Region, in particular by making information germane to this process available to the monitoring committee.
In return, the government undertakes to guarantee: the provisions of the law of amnesty no 21/99 of 20 December 1999, granting amnesty for acts of war during the civil wars of 1993-94, 1997-98 and extended to cover the events of 29 March 2002; the security and the professional and socio-economic reinsertion of ex-combatants, in particular by their recruitment in the government forces, availability of posts permitting and with due regard to the relevant criteria, with career soldiers being returned to their respective units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8; the integration of representatives of ex-combatants in the Monitoring Committee for the Congo Peace and Reconstruction Convention, around which five commissions specialising in peace in Pool will be established, to ensure implementation of the agreements cited above, and complying with the structure of this committee.”
Page 1, 2):
The commitments of the government
...Hence, I undertake in the name of the president of the republic to guarantee the security and the professional and socio-economic reinsertion of the ex-combatants, and from this day onwards to end hostilities and to return all weapons to the relevant authorised commission.
I undertake, from today, to recruit the ex-combatants to the government forces, within the limits of the available resources provided by the government and with due regard to the relevant criteria, career soldiers will be made available to their units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8.
Finally I undertake to integrate representatives of the ex-combatants in the Monitoring Committee for the Congo Peace and Reconstruction Convention, within which a commission specialising in peace in Pool will be established, in order to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of the agreements cited above, and in accordance with the structure of this committee.
In return, the ex-combatants undertake not to create any hindrance to the re-establishment of State authority in the Pool Region, to the free circulation of people and goods in the Pool Region, to the redeployment of government forces in the Pool Region and to the completion of the electoral process in the Pool Region, in accordance with the spirit and letter of the agreements cited above, which they confirm to acknowledge and respect.” - Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
- Corruption
No specific mention.
- Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
- Drugs
No specific mention.
- Terrorism
No specific mention.
Transitional justice
- Transitional justice general
No specific mention.
- Amnesty/pardonTransitional justice→Amnesty/pardon→Amnesty/pardon properPage 1, 1):
The commitments of “pasteur Ntoumi”
...In return, the government undertakes to guarantee: the provisions of the law of amnesty no 21/99 of 20 December 1999, granting amnesty for acts of war during the civil wars of 1993-94, 1997-98 and extended to cover the events of 29 March 2002; the security and the professional and socio-economic reinsertion of ex-combatants, in particular by their recruitment in the government forces, availability of posts permitting and with due regard to the relevant criteria, with career soldiers being returned to their respective units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8; the integration of representatives of ex-combatants in the Monitoring Committee for the Congo Peace and Reconstruction Convention, around which five commissions specialising in peace in Pool will be established, to ensure implementation of the agreements cited above, and complying with the structure of this committee.”
Page 1, 2):
The commitments of the government “ I, the undersigned Isidore Mvouba, Minister of State, Minister of Transport and Privatisation, responsible for the coordination of government activity, acting in the name of and on account of the government and its Head, Denis Sassou Nguesso, in accordance with the provisions of the ceasefire and cessation of hostilities agreements signed on 16 November at Pointe-Noire and 29 December 1999, in Brazzaville, as well as the law of amnesty no 21/99 of 20 December 1999, granting amnesty for acts of war during the civil wars of 1993-94, 1997-98 and extended to cover the events of 29 March 2002. - Courts
No specific mention.
- Mechanism
No specific mention.
- Prisoner release
No specific mention.
- Vetting
No specific mention.
- Victims
No specific mention.
- Missing persons
No specific mention.
- Reparations
No specific mention.
- Reconciliation
No specific mention.
Implementation
- UN signatory
No specific mention.
- Other international signatory
No specific mention.
- Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
- International mission/force/similar
No specific mention.
- Enforcement mechanismPage 1, 1):
The commitments of “pasteur Ntoumi”
...In addition I undertake to contribute to the consolidation of peace and security in the Pool Region, in particular by making information germane to this process available to the monitoring committee.
In return, the government undertakes to guarantee: the provisions of the law of amnesty no 21/99 of 20 December 1999, granting amnesty for acts of war during the civil wars of 1993-94, 1997-98 and extended to cover the events of 29 March 2002; the security and the professional and socio-economic reinsertion of ex-combatants, in particular by their recruitment in the government forces, availability of posts permitting and with due regard to the relevant criteria, with career soldiers being returned to their respective units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8; the integration of representatives of ex-combatants in the Monitoring Committee for the Congo Peace and Reconstruction Convention, around which five commissions specialising in peace in Pool will be established, to ensure implementation of the agreements cited above, and complying with the structure of this committee.”
Page 1, 2):
The commitments of the government
...Finally I undertake to integrate representatives of the ex-combatants in the Monitoring Committee for the Congo Peace and Reconstruction Convention, within which a commission specialising in peace in Pool will be established, in order to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of the agreements cited above, and in accordance with the structure of this committee. - Related cases
No specific mention.
- SourceUN Peacemaker: http://peacemaker.un.org/
Peace Agreements and cessation of hostilities in the Pool Region
Brazzaville, March 16-17, 2003
1) The commitments of “pasteur Ntoumi” “I, the undersigned Reverend Pasteur Ntoumi, President of the National Council of Resistance (CNR), hereby confirm the provisions of the ceasefire and cessation of hostilities agreement signed on 16 November at Pointe-Noire and 29 December 1999, in Brazzaville.
Hence, I undertake to end the hostilities, to collect the arms held by the ex-combatants in order to return them to the relevant authorised commission, and not to create any hindrance to the re-establishment of State authority in the Pool Region, to the free circulation of people and goods in the Pool Region, to the redeployment of government forces in the Pool Region and to the completion of the electoral process in the Pool Region.
In addition I undertake to contribute to the consolidation of peace and security in the Pool Region, in particular by making information germane to this process available to the monitoring committee.
In return, the government undertakes to guarantee:
the provisions of the law of amnesty no 21/99 of 20 December 1999, granting amnesty for acts of war during the civil wars of 1993-94, 1997-98 and extended to cover the events of 29 March 2002;
the security and the professional and socio-economic reinsertion of ex-combatants, in particular by their recruitment in the government forces, availability of posts permitting and with due regard to the relevant criteria, with career soldiers being returned to their respective units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8;
the integration of representatives of ex-combatants in the Monitoring Committee for the Congo Peace and Reconstruction Convention, around which five commissions specialising in peace in Pool will be established, to ensure implementation of the agreements cited above, and complying with the structure of this committee.”
Done in Brazzaville, 16 March 2003.
For the Reverend Pasteur Ntoumi, and by order:
Daniel Mahoulouba, representative of the delegation to Brazzaville, and Doctor Gozardio, personal representative.”
2) The commitments of the government “ I, the undersigned Isidore Mvouba, Minister of State, Minister of Transport and Privatisation, responsible for the coordination of government activity, acting in the name of and on account of the government and its Head, Denis Sassou Nguesso, in accordance with the provisions of the ceasefire and cessation of hostilities agreements signed on 16 November at Pointe-Noire and 29 December 1999, in Brazzaville, as well as the law of amnesty no 21/99 of 20 December 1999, granting amnesty for acts of war during the civil wars of 1993-94, 1997-98 and extended to cover the events of 29 March 2002.
Hence, I undertake in the name of the president of the republic to guarantee the security and the professional and socio-economic reinsertion of the ex-combatants, and from this day onwards to end hostilities and to return all weapons to the relevant authorised commission.
I undertake, from today, to recruit the ex-combatants to the government forces, within the limits of the available resources provided by the government and with due regard to the relevant criteria, career soldiers will be made available to their units of origin with the possibility of assignment to Defence Zone 8.
Finally I undertake to integrate representatives of the ex-combatants in the Monitoring Committee for the Congo Peace and Reconstruction Convention, within which a commission specialising in peace in Pool will be established, in order to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of the agreements cited above, and in accordance with the structure of this committee.
In return, the ex-combatants undertake not to create any hindrance to the re-establishment of State authority in the Pool Region, to the free circulation of people and goods in the Pool Region, to the redeployment of government forces in the Pool Region and to the completion of the electoral process in the Pool Region, in accordance with the spirit and letter of the agreements cited above, which they confirm to acknowledge and respect.”
Done in Brazzaville, 17 March 2003:
Isidore Mvouba.