• Country/entity

  Yemen
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Ta'iz Ceasefire Agreement

• Date

  16 Apr 2016

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Yemeni Civil Wars (1994) (2011 - ) )

• Stage

  Ceasefire/related

• Conflict nature

  Government/territory

• Peace process

  Yemen peace process

• Parties

  Islah MP/NDC Member, Abdulkareem Shaiban
  Southern Group NDC Member, Ali Mohammed Ahmed Al Ma’amari
  Chairman of the of the De-escalation and Ceasefire Committee, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Nayef
  Republican Guard, Brigadier Zakaria Al Muta’a

• Third parties

  United Nations, GCC

• Description

  A Second ceasefire agreement drafted for the city of Ta'iz following the exclusion of key militias in the nationwide ceasefire agreements signed at Dharan al-Janoub 6 days earlier. Commits to opening the roads from Ta'iz and communication between the two sides to avoid violations.

• Agreement document

  YE_160416_Taiz Ceasefire Agreement.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  YE_160416_Taiz Ceasefire Agreement_AR.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

Ta’iz Ceasefire Agreement

In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate the Most Merciful

During their meeting held on Saturday Rajab 9, 1437 corresponding to April 16, 2016 and pursuant to their agreement concluded in Dhahran Al Janoub on Rajab 3, 1437 corresponding to April 10, 2016, the Two Parties to this agreement have agreed to ceasefire in Taiz and to put this agreement in place.

The Two Parties have also agreed to the following:

1- The Two Parties shall ceasefire and prevent all sorts of military actions including reinforcements, mobilization, and deployment or seizing new sites.

2- Staring Saturday at 3.00 p.m., all roads and entry points lading to and from Taiz shall be opened including the Taiz- Sana’a highway passing through Al Hawban cross point, Taiz- Aden highway and the road linking Taiz with Hodeidah- Shara’ab-Al Dhabab and other sub-roads and entry points and that checkpoints controlled by the two Parties shall ensure smooth movement of people, vehicles, commodities, supplies, medicines and other civil life needs in anticipation to lift these checkpoints in the future.

The civil committee formed from the two Parties shall also follow up the opening of roads and other corridors while the two Parties shall keep in touch to facilitate any difficulties in relation to smooth movement of people and vehicles as agreed earlier by assigning two persons from each party to operate all the above-mentioned entry points.

3- Staring Saturday 3.00 p.m., Rajab 9, 1437 corresponding to April 16, 2016, all roads linking the districts of Taiz and within the districts shall be opened and to ensure smooth movement of people, vehicles, commodities, supplies, medicines and other civil life needs in anticipation to lift these checkpoints in the future.

4- In order to tackle any problem that would undermine validity of the ceasefire agreement, the bilateral military committee formed from the two parties shall convene regular meetings or keep in touch 24 hours through phone or social media after assigning two persons by each party for each front to tackle/prevent any action that might compromise the ceasefire agreement, including reinforcements, deployment or any of the actions mentioned in article (1) of the agreement signed in Dhahran Al Janoub City and as per the undersigned agreement.

5- In the event the committee assigned by the two parties at this of that front becomes unable to tackle the problems, the matter shall be quickly raised up to the Supreme Committee at the Governorate, which shall in turn take speedy action to resolve the problem so to ensure ceasefire to remain in effect.

6- The two parties shall commit not to arrest any person and shall seek to tackle the file of detainees and missing from the two sides as agreed.

This agreement is concluded on Rajab 9, 1437 corresponding to April 16, 2016.

First Party Abdulkareem Shaiban

Ali Mohammed Ahmed Al Ma’amari

Second Party

Mohammed Abdullah Nayef- Chairman of the Committee

Brigadier:

Zakaria Al Muta’a

PS: Main Roads (Sana’a – Taiz up to downtown Taiz and Hodeidah-Taiz road up to the city center shall be opened immediately on 16/04/2016 with the rest to follow suit gradually).