Decision A/DEC.3/8/90 on the Establishment of a Special Emergency Fund for ECOWAS Operations in the Republic of Liberia (Ecowas Peace Plan)

  • Country/entity
    Liberia
  • Region
    Africa (excl MENA)
  • Agreement name
    Decision A/DEC.3/8/90 on the Establishment of a Special Emergency Fund for ECOWAS Operations in the Republic of Liberia (Ecowas Peace Plan)
  • Date
    7 Aug 1990
  • Agreement status
    Unilateral document
  • Interim arrangement
    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level
    Interstate/intrastate conflict(s) ( Liberian Civil Wars (1989 - 1997) (1999 - 2005) )
  • Stage
    Ceasefire/related
  • Conflict nature
    Government
  • Peace process
    Liberia peace process
  • Parties
    DONE AT BANJUL THIS 7TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1990
    H. E. DAWDA KAIRABA JAWARA
    CHAIRMAN
    ECOWAS STANDING MEDIATION COMMITTEE
    FOR THE AUTHORITY
  • Third parties
    -
  • Description
    This short agreement from the ECOWAS Standing Mediation Committee establishes a special emergency fund to fund ECOWAS's ceasefire monitoring group's operations in Liberia.


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)
    Governance→Political institutions (new or reformed)→General references
    Page 1, Untitled Preamble, para 4: CONVINCED that by establishing and ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) in Liberia the Community will be able to play an active and positive role in the process of achieving a cessation of hostilities and the re-establishment of law and order through the formation of a democratically elected government;
  • Elections

    No specific mention.

  • 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 sharing

    No specific mention.


Human rights and equality

  • Human rights/RoL general

    No specific mention.

  • Bill of rights/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Treaty incorporation
    Page 1, Untitled Preamble, para 1: MINDFUL of Article 5 of the ECOWAS Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State and Government, and defining its composition and functions;
  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights

    No specific mention.


Rights related issues

  • Citizenship

    No specific mention.

  • Democracy
    Page 1, Untitled Preamble, para 4: CONVINCED that by establishing and ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) in Liberia the Community will be able to play an active and positive role in the process of achieving a cessation of hostilities and the re-establishment of law and order through the formation of a democratically elected government;
  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication

    No specific mention.

  • Mobility/access

    No specific mention.

  • 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
    Page 1, ARTICLE 1: a. There is hereby established a Special Emergency Fund for the ECOWAS operations in Liberia.
    b. The Special Emergency Fund shall be endowed with an initial amount of fifty million United States dollars (US $50 million).

    Page 1, ARTICLE 2: The resources of the Special Emergency Fund shall be derived from contributions of Member States of the Community and donor governments and institutions outside the subregion.

    Page 1, ARTICLE 3: Contributions from Member States shall be on a voluntary basis. Each Member State is urged to make a special effort to contribute to the resources of the Special Emergency Fund.

    Page 1, ARTICLE 4: The Special Emergency Fund shall be managed in accordance with the Financial Regulations and Manual of Accounting Procedures of the Community.

    Page 1, ARTICLE 5: An urgent appeal is made to other African Governments and to donor governments and institutions outside Africa to assist the ECOWAS effort at restoring peace and security in Liberia by making generous contributions to the Special Emergency Fund specifically established for that purpose.
  • 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
    Page 1, Untitled Preamble, para 3: GRAVELY CONCERNED about the destructive armed conflict going on in Liberia and the profound disruptive effect that civil war is having on normal life in Liberia;
  • Ceasefire
    Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
    Page 1, Untitled Preamble, para 4: CONVINCED that by establishing and ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) in Liberia the Community will be able to play an active and positive role in the process of achieving a cessation of hostilities and the re-establishment of law and order through the formation of a democratically elected government;

    Page 1, Untitled Preamble, para 5: RECOGNISING the non-existence of a [sic] Community financial provision for the funding of the operations of an ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group;
  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

    No specific mention.

  • 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/pardon

    No specific mention.

  • 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
    DONE AT BANJUL THIS 7TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1990
    H. E. DAWDA KAIRABA JAWARA
    CHAIRMAN
    ECOWAS STANDING MEDIATION COMMITTEE
    FOR THE AUTHORITY
  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar
    Page 1, Untitled Preamble, para 4: CONVINCED that by establishing and ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) in Liberia the Community will be able to play an active and positive role in the process of achieving a cessation of hostilities and the re-establishment of law and order through the formation of a democratically elected government;

    Page 1, Untitled Preamble, para 5: RECOGNISING the non-existence of a [sic] Community financial provision for the funding of the operations of an ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group;
  • Enforcement mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    Official Journal of the ECOWAS, Vol. 21, Nov. 1991/

DECISION A/DEC.3/8/90 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPECIAL EMERGENCY FUND FOR ECOWAS OPERATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA

THE COMMUNITY STANDING MEDIATION COMMITTEE

MINDFUL of Article 5 of the ECOWAS Treaty establishing the Authority of Heads of State and Government, and defining its composition and functions;

MINDFUL of Decision A/DEC.9/5/90 of the Authority of 30 May.

1990 relating to the creation of a Community Standing Mediation Committee;

GRAVELY CONCERNED about the destructive armed conflict going on in Liberia and the profound disruptive effect that civil war is having on normal life in Liberia;

CONVINCED that by establishing and ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) in Liberia the Community will be able to play an active and positive role in the process of achieving a cessation of hostilities and the re-establishment of law and order through the formation of a democratically elected government;

RECOGNISING the non-existence of an Community financial provision for the funding of the operations of an ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group;

DECIDES

ARTICLE 1

a. There is hereby established a Special Emergency Fund for the ECOWAS operations in Liberia.

b. The Special Emergency Fund shall be endowed with an initial amount of fifty million United States dollars (US $50 million).

ARTICLE 2

The resources of the Special Emergency Fund shall be derived from contributions of Member States of the Community and donor governments and institutions outside the subregion.

ARTICLE 3

Contributions from Member States shall be on a voluntary basis.

Each Member State is urged to make a special effort to contribute to the resources of the Special Emergency Fund.

ARTICLE 4

The Special Emergency Fund shall be managed in accordance with the Financial Regulations and Manual of Accounting Procedures of the Community.

ARTICLE 5

An urgent appeal is made to other African Governments and to donor governments and institutions outside Africa to assist the ECOWAS effort at restoring peace and security in Liberia by making generous contributions to the Special Emergency Fund specifically established for that purpose.

ARTICLE 6

This Decision shall come into force upon signature and shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community and in the National Gazette of each Member State.

DONE AT BANJUL THIS 7TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1990

H. E. DAWDA KAIRABA JAWARA

CHAIRMAN

ECOWAS STANDING MEDIATION COMMITTEE

FOR THE AUTHORITY