Directive Agreed upon by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Leadership of the Free Aceh Movement

• Country/entity

  Indonesia
  Aceh
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Directive Agreed upon by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Leadership of the Free Aceh Movement
• Date

  16 Feb 2001
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Indonesian Conflicts (1976 - ) )
• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Indonesia-Aceh peace process
• Parties

  Indonesia, Free Aceh Movement
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  welcomes commander to commander meeting of February 10. Mandates further such meetings to take place and expanded vertically and horizontally along chain of command, to be organized and reported on by Joint Committee for Security Modalities

• Agreement document

  ID_010216_Agreed on Directive.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

Directive agreed upon by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Leadership of the Free Aceh Movement Directive on security arrangements for Aceh

I. The Joint Council welcomes the first Commander to Commander meeting which took place on 9, 10 February 2001, at the Kuala Tripa Hotel in Banda Aceh, and endorses the agreement reached by both sides at this meeting.

The Joint Council takes particular note of the following points in the agreement:

New mechanisms designed to anticipate and prevent incidents.

These mechanisms include socialisation, coordination, communication and clarification between commanders of both parties.

The list of actions and behaviour that have been defined as ‘violent’.

The maintenance of law and order and the punishment of criminals.

II. The Commander to Commander mechanism, which is to include commanders from POLRI/TNI and GAM, is to be expanded vertically

and horizontally along the chain of command of both sides.

This will be carried out as follows:

The second meeting in Banda Aceh is to take place on or around 20 February 2001.

The commanders at this meeting must have authority over the whole of Aceh.

The Commander to Commander mechanism will be expanded down to the district and eventually the sub

-district levels;

Commander to Commander meetings are to occur on a regular basis at all levels;

Commanders present at the meetings should have the authority to make operational decisions within their geographic areas of responsibility;

Commander to Commander meetings are to be organised by the newly formed Joint Committee for Security Matters (JCSM), which will ensure that security guarantees are provided, and will send their reports to the Joint Council;

HDC will facilitate the meetings as long as they are needed for confidence.

III. The Joint Council authorizes the commanders present at all the commander to commander meetings to:

Use the security arrangements in the Annex to the Provisional Understanding of 9 January 2001 as the framework for decisions and actions (see Attachment A))

This agreement is the basis for any further development of security arrangements for Aceh.

determine the technical mechanisms required for reducing violence and tension, including communication and notification on the hotline as a first priority to prevent and resolve incidents.

IV. The second commander to commander meeting will develop and implement the security arrangements indefinitely beyond 20 February.

This will be reviewed, at least every three months by the Joint Council based on reports from the JCSM.

V. The Joint Council agreed to establish the Joint Committee on Security Matters comprising four members from each side with the following duties:

To facilitate commander to commander meetings

To appoint some and deactivate other members of the Monitoring Teams of the Joint Committee on Security Matters, and to handle the expansion of the District Monitoring Teams

To report the conduct of its duty to the Joint Council periodically In carrying out their duties, the Committee is facilitated by HDC

VI. The Monitoring Team for Security Modalities (MTSM) will now be called the Monitoring Team of the Joint Committee on Security Matters.

The four District Monitoring Teams will be maintained.

The Joint Council takes note of the proposals submitted by the MTSM on 13 February 2001 and, in principle, endorses the Commander to Commander meeting to further develop them.

VII. This security arrangement is meant to facilitate a broader process of democratic political consultations in Aceh, as has been agreed upon in the Provisional Understanding on 9 January 2001.

B oth parties agreed to initiate a preliminary and informal consultation [musyawarah] involving broad elements of the Acehnese society, including GAM, as soon as possible.