• Country/entity

  Sudan
  Darfur
  Southern Kordofan - Blue Nile - Abyei
  

• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  Africa (excl MENA)
  Africa (excl MENA)
  

• Agreement name

  Roadmap agreement

• Date

  21 Mar 2016

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Sudan Conflicts (1955 - ) )

• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process

• Conflict nature

  Government/territory

• Peace process

  Darfur-Sudan peace process

• Parties

  Sudan, Darfur, the areas of Southern Kordofan, Blue Nile, and Abyei

• Third parties

  Witness: H.E. Thabo Mvuylwa Mbeki Chairman of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel

• Description

  This agreement makes provision for a ceasefire and negotiations to be re-started relating to conflict in Darfur and the two areas of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile. While the agreement itself was developed on and is dated 23 March 2016, it was not accepted and signed by the opposition groups until 8 August 2016, which is the date recorded.

• Agreement document

  SD_160321_Roadmap Agreement.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

ROADMAP AGREEMENT

The undersigned Parties met in Addis Ababa from 18 to 21

March, 2016 in a strategic meeting facilitated by the African

Union High Level Implementation Panel on Sudan and South

Sudan (AUHIP) to accelerate progress towards ending the

conflicts in Darfur and The Two Areas of Southern Kordofan and

Blue Nile (the Two Areas).

The Parties reiterate their commitment urgently to end the

conflicts in Darfur and The Two Areas of Southern Kordofan and

Blue Nile peacefully and to ensure that the populations affected

have the necessary humanitarian assistance.

The Parties further reiterate their commitment to the view that

the people of Sudan should engage one another in an inclusive

National Dialogue to address the various challenges facing the

country.

Accordingly, the Parties agree as follows:

Definitions:

"CoH" means Cessation of Hostilities;

"PC" means Permanent Ceasefire;

"Two Areas" means The Two Areas of Southern Kordofan and

Blue Nile;

"JEM" means the Justice and Equality Movement;

"SLM/A-MM" means the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army-Mini

Minawi;

"SPLM-N" means the Sudan People's Liberation MovementNorth;

and

"NUP" means National Umma Party.

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1. They will urgently resume their negotiations to conclude a

Cessation of Hostilities (CoH) leading to a Permanent Ceasefire

(PC) Agreement;

with respect to the Two Areas, negotiations will

be conducted between the Government and the SPLM-N;

with

respect to Darfur, negotiations will be conducted between the

Government and JEM and SLM-MM;

1.1. simultaneously they will conclude an Agreement providing

for immediate Humanitarian Assistance;

and,

1.2. these negotiations will be based on the existing Draft

Agreements;

2. The Agreements to end the conflicts should be synchronised

with Agreements on the relevant political matters;

2.1. the parallel CoH and PC negotiations relating to Darfur and

the Two Areas will therefore also include political matters

specifically relevant to Darfur and the Two Areas;

2.2. a Joint Committee/Committees will be established to ensure

the necessary synchronisation between the implementation of

the Permanent Ceasefire and security arrangements and the

conclusion of the relevant political processes.

2.3. political matters that are national in nature should therefore

be discussed within the context of Sudan's inclusive National

Dialogue;

and,

3. The Parties acknowledge that the Sudan National Dialogue

convened by H.E. the President of the Republic started in

Khartoum in October, 2015;

3.1. however they also acknowledge that this National Dialogue

was not sufficiently inclusive as it did not include the signatories

to this Roadmap Agreement, namely the Justice and Equality

Movement (JEM), the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army-Mini

Minawi (SLM/A-MM), the Sudan People's Liberation MovementNorth

(SPLM-N), the National Umma Party (NUP);

3.2. accordingly they agree that the 7+ 7 Committee of the

National Dialogue referred to in paragraph 3 above should

urgently meet, in Addis Ababa, the organisations mentioned

under 3.1 above to consider such steps as should be taken to

achieve the inclusivity in the National Dialogue which the Parties

agree is vital.

4. The Parties agree that recommendations concerning the

future of Sudan should emanate from a truly inclusive process

which should include the organisations mentioned under 3.1

above;

4.1. this is particularly important as the decisions reached

through such an inclusive process would serve as the basis of

the National Constitution which should be negotiated through an

inclusive process.

5. The Parties will also negotiate a Roadmap, with timeframes,

which will encompass the various steps visualised in this

Roadmap Agreement.

6. The Parties, in consultation with the AUHIP, will determine the

timeframes for the actions required in this Roadmap Agreement.

7. The Parties will do everything possible to implement the

provisions in this Roadmap Agreement convinced of the urgent

need to bring about a just peace throughout Sudan, which peace

must address all the important issues which have historically

divided the people of the Republic.

Done in Addis Ababa, this 21st Day of March, 2016:

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Hon. Eng.

I ahim Mahmoud

Hamid

On behalf of the Government of

Sudan

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Dr. Gibril Ibrahim

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Chairman of the Justice

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Witnessed by:

Mr. Mini Arko Minawi ,

Chairman of the Sudan

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Chairman of the National

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H.E. Thabo Mvuylwa Mbeki

Chairman of the African Union High Level Implementation

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