• Country/entity

  Mali
  Azawad
  

• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  Africa (excl MENA)
  

• Agreement name

  Arrangement sécuritaire pour une cessation des hostilités

• Date

  5 Jun 2015

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Tuareg Wars (1962 - ) )

• Stage

  Ceasefire/related

• Conflict nature

  Government/territory

• Peace process

  Mali-Azawad Inter-Azawad peace process

• Parties

  (Signed)
  Pour le Gouvernement de la République du Mali
  S.E.M. Abdoulaye DIOP
  Ministre des Affaires Etrangères,
  de l'intégration Africaine et de la Coopération Internationale
  
  (Signed)
  Pour la Coordination des Mouvement de l'Azawad (CMA)
  M. Sidi Brahim Ould Sidatt

• Third parties

  Pour la Médiation (Signed) Pour la République Algérienne Démocratique, Chef de la Médiation S.E.M. Ramtane LAMAMRA, Ministre d'Etat, Ministre des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération Internationale (Signed) Pour l'Organisation des Nations Unies/Mission Multidimensionnelle Intégrée des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation du Mali S.E.M. Mongi HAMDI, Représentant spécial du Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies Chef de la MINUSMA (Signed) Pour l'Union Africaine Dr Issaka Souaré (Signed) Pour l'Organisation de la Coopération Islamique M. Djibril Bassolé, Envoyé spécial de l'OCI pour le Mali et la Sahel (Signed) Pour l'Union Européenne M. Frédéric MATHIEU (Signed) Pour le Burkina Faso M. Dominique DJINDJERE, Ambassadeur du Burkina Faso en Algérie (Signed) Pour la République Islamique de Mauritanie M. Ould Mogueya BOULLAH Ambassadeur de la République Islamique de Mauritanie en Algérie (Signed) Pour la République du Niger M. El Hadj Mahamidou Yahaya Ambassadeur de la République du Niger en Algérie (Signed) Pour la République Fédérale de Nigeria M. Iliya Ali Duniya Nuhu Ambassadeur de la République Fédérale de Nigeria au Mali (Signed) Pour la République du Tchad S.E.M. Saleh Hamid HEGUERA Ambassadeur de la République du Tchad en Algérie Etaient présents (Signed) La République Francaise M. Jean Christophe BELLIARD Directeur d'Afrique et de l'Océan Indien (Signed) Les Etats-Unis d'Amérique Mme. Joan A. Polaschik Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis en Algérie

• Description

  This is a ceasefire agreement.

• Agreement document

  ML_150605_Arrangement securitaire pour une cessation des hostilities_EN.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  ML_150605_Arrangement sécuritaire pour une cessation des hostilités_FR.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

SECURITY ARRANGEMENT FOR A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES

ALGIERS, JUNE 5, 2015

Noting:

The precariousness of the current situation in Menaka and in other localities and the risk of further violent clashes;

The obligation to respect previous commitments to cease hostilities in order to complete the peace and reconciliation process in Mali, under the Ceasefire Agreement of May 23, 2014, and its implementation measures , the Declaration of Cessation of Hostilities of July 24, 2014, and the Declaration of the Parties to the Algiers Process of February 19, 2015;

The obligation to strictly respect the provisions of resolution 2164 concerning the MINUSMA mandate and its rules of engagement;

The imperative need to protect the civilian population.

The parties undertake to observe and implement the following measures:

All parties shall respect their previous commitments to cease all hostilities, made under the Ceasefire Agreement of May 23, 2014, and its implementation measures, the Declaration of Cessation of Hostilities of July 24, 2014, and the Declaration of the Parties to the Algiers Process of February 19, 2015;

The withdrawal, from the locality of Menaka, of the armed elements of the Platform and their return to their initial positions;

The withdrawal of armed elements of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (la Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawad, CMA), within a 20-km radius around the locality of Menaka;

The stationing of Malian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Maliennes, FAMA), in accordance with the previous commitments referred to above;

In collaboration with the competent authorities, the protection of the civilian population at Menaka and throughout Malian territory by MINUSMA, in accordance with the provisions of resolution 2164 and its rules of engagement, by deploying military, police and civilian resources;

The deployment of mixed observation and verification teams (équipes mixtes d’observation et vérification, EMOV) in order to monitor the effectiveness of the ceasefire and any violations in all the localities involved, including Menaka.

This arrangement shall be implemented under the supervision of MINUSMA in collaboration with the local authorities, upon its signature, and shall remain in force until the relevant mechanisms foreseen in the Agreement are implemented according to the implementation timetable.

The implementation of technical and operational measures concerning the situation in Menaka should take place no later than 72 hours after signature of the present arrangement.

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