• Country/entity

  Mali
  Azawad
  

• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  Africa (excl MENA)
  

• Agreement name

  Declaration Finale, Ouagadougou

• Date

  28 Aug 2014

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

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

• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process

• Conflict nature

  Inter-group

• Peace process

  Mali-Azawad Inter-Azawad peace process

• Parties

  For the coordination of movements the politico-military of the Azawad/North Mali (MNLA, HCUA, MAA and CMFPR2) Algabass AG INTALLA
  
  For the coordination of movements the politico-military of the Azawad signatories of the Platform of Algiers of 14 June 2014 (CPA, MAA and CMFPR) Pr Ahmed Ould Sidi Mohamed

• Third parties

  -

• Description

  An agreement between the political-military movements of Azawad, North Mali, signed between four groups who had agreed to cooperate as part of the Platform of Alger on 9 and 14 June 2014, and two additional non-signatory groups and key members. This agreement brought together condensed commitments from the two agreements of the previous day and addressed the rivalries between the armed opposition groups which marked the preceding months, and had been addressed by the earlier 2014 agreements. The agreement provides for a ceasefire and provides for ad hoc committess to address the unity and stability of L'Azawad/North Mali.

• Agreement document

  ML_140828_Declaration Finale Eng.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  ML_140828_Declaration Finale.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

Final declaration

A meeting was held on the 25, 26, 27 and 28 August 2014 in Ouagadougou (Republic of Burkina Faso) between:

a delegation of the politico-military movements of the Azawad/North Mali (MNLA, HCUA, MAA and CMFPR-ii) conducted by ALGHABASS AG INTALLA on the one hand, and a delegation of the movements the politico-military of the Azawad signatories of the Platform of Algiers of 14 June 2014 (MAA, CMFPR and CPA), conducted by the Pr Ahmed Ould Sidi Mohamed, on the other hand.

The day’s business focused, among other things, on the issues relating to the political and legal status to be negotiated for the Azawad/Northern Mali and the problem of the unity of the movements.

The meeting took place in an atmosphere of frankness and openness of mind.

At the end of the discussions, the parties have acknowledged:

- the legitimacy of the struggle of the people of the Azawad/North Mali for more than 50 years to enjoy a special status in conformity with its geographical, economic, security, social and cultural realities;

- that this fight has never led to a just, comprehensive and final solution;

Also, the parties are agreed:

- To combat by all means to ensure that Azawad/North Malis is is finally governed by a legal status in conformity with its specificities in the higher interest of all its constituents.

- Of the cessation of hostilities and any form of violence between all the children (lit:

sons) of the Azawad/North Mali and undertake to promote a climate of peace and to consolidate it.

- To define later and in the shortest possible time, commissions of an ad-hoc committee that will work to the realization of the unity and stability of the Azawad/North Mali.

Finally, the Parties welcome sincerely for this laudable not toward the search for what unites all the components of the people of the Azawad/North Mali.

The Parties thank the authorities of Burkina Faso, the Center HD and the MINUSMA for the efforts and support provided for the success of their work.

Done at Ouagadougou, 28 August 2014

For the coordination of movements the politico-military of the Azawad/North Mali (MNLA, HCUA, MAA and CMFPR2)

Algabass AG INTALLA

For the coordination of movements the politico-military of the Azawad signatories of the Platform of Algiers of 14 June 2014 (CPA, MAA and CMFPR)

Pr Ahmed Ould Sidi Mohamed