Programme of Implementation of the Peace Agreement Between the Governments of the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Withdrawal of the Rwandan Troops from the Territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Dismantling of the Ex-FAR and Interahamwe Forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (and Implementation Agreement)

• Country/entity

  Democratic Republic of Congo
  Rwanda
  
• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  Africa (excl MENA)
  
• Agreement name

  Programme of Implementation of the Peace Agreement Between the Governments of the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Withdrawal of the Rwandan Troops from the Territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Dismantling of the Ex-FAR and Interahamwe Forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (and Implementation Agreement)
• Date

  30 Jul 2002
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Interstate/intrastate conflict(s) ( Congo Civil Wars (1996 - ) )
• Stage

  Implementation/renegotiation
• Conflict nature

  Government
• Peace process

  DRC: Second Congo war process
• Parties

  (Signed) Joseph Kabila, President For the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo
  
  (Signed) Paul Kagame, President President For the Government of the Republic of Rwanda
• Third parties

  (Signed) Thabo M. Mbeki, President of the Republic of South Africa
  
  (Signed) Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Description

  This agreement sets out a detailed programme and calendar of events to implement the Peace Agreement between the Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda on the Withdrawal of the Rwandan Troops from the Territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Dismantling of the ex-FAR and Interahamwe Forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Agreement document

  CD_RW_ZA_020730_PeaceAgreementRwandaDRC.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

Peace Agreement between the Governments of the Democratic

Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda on the

Withdrawal of the Rwandan Troops from the Territory of the

Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Dismantling of the

ex-FAR and Interahamwe Forces in the Democratic Republic

of the Congo

1. The Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement of 1999 sets out modalities for the tracking

down and disarmament of ex-FAR and Interahamwe forces in the territory of

the DRC.

To date, it has not been possible to effectively implement the

decisions relating to these armed groups.

2. The governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic

of Rwanda have sought to find an expeditious manner of implementing these

decisions.

3. The Parties acknowledge that there have been numerous attempts to implement

agreements reached between them with regard to this matter.

The Parties also

acknowledge that the launch of the African Union, recent United Nations

resolutions and the involvement of a third party present a window of

opportunity to urgently resolve this matter.

By third party, both parties understand this to refer to the Secretary-General of

the United Nations and South Africa, in its dual capacity as Chairperson of the

African Union and facilitator of this process.

The Parties further acknowledge that the resolution of this matter will be a

process and not an event.

4. The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo reaffirms its stated

legitimate right that the forces of the government of Rwanda withdraw from

the territory of the DRC without delay.

5. The government of Rwanda reaffirms its readiness to withdraw from the

territory of the DRC as soon as effective measures that address its security

concerns, in particular the dismantling of the ex-FAR and Interahamwe forces,

have been agreed to.

Withdrawal should start simultaneously with the

implementation of the measures, both of which will be verified by MONUC,

JMC and the third party.

6. The Interahamwe and ex-FAR armed groups fled to various countries,

including the DRC, after participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

The

DRC government states that it does not wish to have these armed groups

present in the territory of the DRC.

The DRC government does not want its

territory to be used as a base for attacks against its neighbouring countries.

7. The DRC government is ready to collaborate with MONUC, the JMC and any

other Force constituted by the third party, to assemble and disarm the ex-FAR

and Interahamwe in the whole of the territory of the DRC.

8. In this regard, the Parties agree as follows:

8.1 The DRC government will continue with the process of tracking down and

disarming the Interahamwe and ex-FAR within the territory of the DRC under

its control.

8.2 The DRC government will collaborate with MONUC and the JMC in the

dismantling of the ex-FAR and Interahamwe forces in the DRC.

8.3 The Rwandan government undertakes to withdraw its troops from the DRC

territory, following the process outlined in paragraph 5.

This will be according

to measures as detailed in the implementation programme.

8.4 That MONUC, acting together with all relevant United Nations agencies,

should be requested to immediately set up processes to repatriate all

Rwandese, ex-FAR and Interahamwe to Rwanda, including those in Kamina, in

coordination with the governments of Rwanda and the DRC.

8.5 The governments of the DRC and Rwanda would provide the facilitator of this

meeting and the Secretary-General of the United Nations with all the

information in their possession relating to these armed groups.

8.6 The third party will take responsibility for verifying whatever information

received, through whatever measures deemed necessary.

8.7 The Parties agree to accept the verification report from the third party.

8.8 That the United Nations considers changing the mandate of MONUC into a

peace-keeping mission.

8.9 MONUC should immediately proceed to implement Phase 3 of its DDRR and

finalise its deployment in the DRC, especially in the eastern part of the

territory.

8.10 The Parties agree that their respective governments would put into place a

mechanism for the normalisation of the security situation along their common

border.

This mechanism may include the presence of an International Force to

cooperate with the two countries, in the short term, to secure their common

border.

8.11 That a bilateral team, facilitated by South Africa and the Secretary-General of

the United Nations, work on a detailed calendar to implement this agreement.

8.12 Both Parties commit themselves to accepting the role and findings of the third

party in the process of implementing this agreement, and further accept that the

commitments and agreements reached in this Peace Agreement are binding.

Programme of Implementation of the Peace Agreement between

the Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the

Republic of Rwanda on the Withdrawal of the Rwandan Troops

from the Territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and

the Dismantling of the ex-FAR and Interahamwe Forces in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The governments of the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the

Congo, with the understanding that:

– The third party, defined in the main agreement as the Secretary-General of the

United Nations and South Africa, in its dual capacity as Chairperson of the

African Union and as facilitator, will, throughout the process of implementing

the programme as agreed to by the parties, take authority over the management

of the programme.

– The third party commits itself to continuously overseeing and verifying the

processes that will be undertaken by both parties in the spirit of executing the

commitments made in the Peace Agreement.

– The third party shall establish, for the purpose of overseeing and verifying the

implementation of this programme, a Permanent Secretariat, to be determined

by the third party.

– Both Parties further agree to commit themselves to accepting as final

verification reports by the third party and consider this agreement to be

binding.

hereby commit themselves to the following calendar of events:

Principle in

Peace Agreement Activity Time frame Responsibility

Formal signing of the Agreement

between Government of Rwanda

and the DRC on the withdrawal of

the Rwandan troops from the DRC

territory and dismantling of the ex-

FAR and Interahamwe forces in the

DRC, in the presence of the United

Nations Secretary-General and

President Thabo Mbeki,

Chairperson of the African Union.

D1 Governments of

Rwanda and the

Democratic

Republic of the

Congo and third

party

5 Declaration of withdrawal by the

Government of Rwanda on the basis

of this agreement and the time-table

thereof.

D1 Rwanda

Rwanda to submit detailed

plans/programme for withdrawal.

D5-10 Rwanda

Principle in

Peace Agreement Activity Time frame Responsibility

8.6 Establishment of the verification

mechanism and implementation

structure by the third party (in

liaison with signatories, where

necessary)

D5-90 Third party

8.5 Communication of information to

the third party’s verification

structure on relevant matters by

both parties, including information

on ex-FAR and Interahamwe

D5-90 Rwanda and DRC

8.6 Verification process of information

received begins

D10-90 Third party

8.9 Finalisation of MONUC Phase 3

deployment

D1-15 MONUC

7 Establishment and

operationalisation of the assembly

points for the holding of ex-FAR

and Interahamwe, including

securing of the assembly points in

terms of MONUC and JMC

processes

D5-25 MONUC, JMC and

third party

8.6 Verification of the establishment

and functionality of assembly

points

D5-75 Third party

8.1 Tracking down, disarming and

dismantling Interahamwe and ex-

FAR leaders and troops

D10-90 MONUC, DRC,

JMC, Rwanda1 and

third party

8.9 Movement to assembly areas of ex-

FAR and Interahamwe and its

leadership

D15-90 MONUC

Verification/monitoring of

dismantling and cessation of

support to ex-FAR and

Interahamwe

D10-90 Third party, JMC

and MONUC

8.4 Repatriation of ex-FAR and

Interahamwe forces

D30-90 Rwanda, DRC,

MONUC and third

party

1 Rwanda’s and DRC’s participation will depend on the extent to which they control the areas

related to the task, as determined by the Third party.

Principle in Peace Agreement Activity Time frame Responsibility

5 and 8.3 Verification of process of

repatriation

D30-90 Third party

5 Withdrawal of Rwandan troops D45-90 Rwanda

8.6 Verification of process of

withdrawal

D45-90 Third party and

MONUC

8.6 Final verification process on

completion of the 90 day

Programme of Action

D90-120 Third party

Submission of final report D90-120 Third party

Normalisation of relations between

the two countries

D1-

ongoing

DRC and Rwanda

(Signed) Joseph Kabila (Signed) Paul Kagame

President President

For the Government of the For the Government of the

Democratic Republic of Republic of Rwanda

the Congo

(Signed) Thabo M. Mbeki (Signed) Kofi Annan

President of the Secretary-General of

Republic of South Africa the United Nations

For the third party