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Agreement to Consolidate the Ceasefire (Zawiyya Agreement)

  • Country/entity

    Libya
  • Region

    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name

    Agreement to Consolidate the Ceasefire (Zawiyya Agreement)
  • Date

    9 Sep 2018
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

    Intrastate/local conflict ( Libyan Conflicts (1969 - 1994) (2011 - ) )
  • Stage

    Implementation/renegotiation
  • Conflict nature

    Government
  • Peace process

    Libyan peace process
  • Parties

    Khalid Mazen, Ministry Undersecretary, Ministry of Interior [Signed]
    Muhammad Lamhanim Undersecretary of Internal Migrationm Ministry of Interior [Signed]
    Abdulbari Shimbaro, Undersecretary, Ministry of Local Administration [Signed]
    Gen. Hussein Abdullah, Chief of Staff of Army, General Staff [Signed]
    Gen. Osamah Huwaili, Commander of Western Tareen Area, General Staff [Signed]
    Abdulsalam Abu Sitah Al Mahdi, Local Military Command – Zintan, General Staff [Signed]
    Brig. Gen. Fath Allah Hasan Abu Matas, First Assistant, Counter-Terrorism Forces, Presidential Council [Signed]
    Fahim Bin Ramadan, 301st Infantry Brigade, Presidential Council [Signed]
    Gen. Abdulfatah Marin, Commander of the Tripoli Al Amariah Area, Presidential Council [Signed]
    Khalid Muhammad Al Jarab, Tripoli Brigade, Tripoli Brigade [Signed]
    Khalid Muhammad Al Subair, Communication Delegate Tripoli [Signed]
    [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE], Tripoli [Signed]
    Muhammad Hasan Al Barouni, Janzour Knights Brigade [Signed]
    Muhammad Al Dharat, Al Bunyan Al Marsoos, Middle Area [Signed]
    Ibrahim Muhammad Rafidah, Al Bunyan Al Marsoos, Middle Area [Signed]
    Abdullah Ahmad Asbafa, Al Bunyan Al Marsoos, Middle Area [Signed]
    Brig. Gen. Ramadan Al Zain, Middle Area, Al Bunyan Al Marsoos [Signed]
    Mustafa Ali Muhammad Al Somo, Al Bunyan Al Marsoos, Middle Area [Signed]
    Brig. Gen. Malud Al Masri, Head of the Central Security, Libyan Intelligence [Signed]
    Iyad Ili Salem, Mayor of Tarhuna, Tarhuna [Signed]
    Ahmad Owain, Military Advisor, Presidential Council [Signed]
    Ibrahim Al Thaqaf, General Intelligence, Presidential Council [Signed]
    Al Mahdi Ali Al Shawish, Military Committee, Zawiya [Signed]
    Musa Ahmad Al Bidari, Mobile Force, Jadu [Signed]
    Ayman Awn Allah, Mobile Force, [ILLEGIBLE] [Signed]
    Mustafa Ali Ashlam, Al Bunyan Al Marsoos, Misrata [Signed]
    Hasan Jab Allah, Tarhuna, Tarhuna [Signed]
    Milod Abdullah, Tarhuna, Tarhuna [Signed]
  • Third parties

    United Nations Support Mission to Libya (UNSMIL)
  • Description

    Short agreement providing for implementation modalities.


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, 5. The Presidential Council shall dissolve the current security arrangements committee and form a new security arrangements committee, and the delegation shall contribute to providing the necessary support to this committee
  • 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

    No specific mention.

  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights

    No specific mention.


Rights related issues

  • Citizenship

    No specific mention.

  • Democracy

    No specific mention.

  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication

    No specific mention.

  • Mobility/access
    Page 1, 4. Creating a plan for the withdrawal of the armed groups from sovereign locations and vital
    installations and the gradual positioning of regular forces (military and police), starting with the Mitiga International Airport, the Prime Minister’s office, the Tripoli Port, the Central Bank, bank branches, the sites of the National Oil Corporation (starting with the Hani fuel tanks and the airport), the Electricity Corporation, and especially the control room and the General Authority for Communications and Informatics, and the Libyan Investment Authority, in accordance with a clear timetable.
  • 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
    Page 1, 7. Announcement of an economic reform package within a week from today, and starting to implement it
  • Natural resources
    Page 1, 4. Creating a plan for the withdrawal of the armed groups from sovereign locations and vital
    installations and the gradual positioning of regular forces (military and police), starting with the Mitiga International Airport, the Prime Minister’s office, the Tripoli Port, the Central Bank, bank branches, the sites of the National Oil Corporation (starting with the Hani fuel tanks and the airport), the Electricity Corporation, and especially the control room and the General Authority for Communications and Informatics, and the Libyan Investment Authority, in accordance with a clear timetable.
  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business
    Page 1, 4. Creating a plan for the withdrawal of the armed groups from sovereign locations and vital
    installations and the gradual positioning of regular forces (military and police), starting with the Mitiga International Airport, the Prime Minister’s office, the Tripoli Port, the Central Bank, bank branches, the sites of the National Oil Corporation (starting with the Hani fuel tanks and the airport), the Electricity Corporation, and especially the control room and the General Authority for Communications and Informatics, and the Libyan Investment Authority, in accordance with a clear timetable.
  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks
    Socio-economic reconstruction→Banks→Central bank
    Page 1, 4. Creating a plan for the withdrawal of the armed groups from sovereign locations and vital
    installations and the gradual positioning of regular forces (military and police), starting with the Mitiga International Airport, the Prime Minister’s office, the Tripoli Port, the Central Bank, bank branches, the sites of the National Oil Corporation (starting with the Hani fuel tanks and the airport), the Electricity Corporation, and especially the control room and the General Authority for Communications and Informatics, and the Libyan Investment Authority, in accordance with a clear timetable.

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

    No specific mention.

  • Ceasefire
    Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
    Page 1, Based on the ceasefire agreement that was signed on September 4th, and based on the statement from the Security Council on 6 September 2018, which called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, adherence to the truce, stopping the bloodshed, and protecting civilians, the following points were agreed upon:
    Security sector→Ceasefire→General commitments
    Page 1, 1. Creating a monitoring and verification mechanism to consolidate the ceasefire under the supervision and direction of a joint operations center
  • Police
    Page 1, 4. Creating a plan for the withdrawal of the armed groups from sovereign locations and vital
    installations and the gradual positioning of regular forces (military and police), starting with the Mitiga International Airport, the Prime Minister’s office, the Tripoli Port, the Central Bank, bank branches, the sites of the National Oil Corporation (starting with the Hani fuel tanks and the airport), the Electricity Corporation, and especially the control room and the General Authority for Communications and Informatics, and the Libyan Investment Authority, in accordance with a clear timetable.
  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR
    Security sector→DDR→Demilitarisation provisions
    Page 1, 2. Repositioning of forces to areas that are agreed upon to allow resumption of normal life in the areas of the clashes, and the Greater Tripoli area in general, followed by a mechanism to stop the clashes

    Page 1, 3. Storing all heavy and medium-size weaponry inside the bases of the groups that own them

    Page 1, 4. Creating a plan for the withdrawal of the armed groups from sovereign locations and vital
    installations and the gradual positioning of regular forces (military and police), starting with the Mitiga International Airport, the Prime Minister’s office, the Tripoli Port, the Central Bank, bank branches, the sites of the National Oil Corporation (starting with the Hani fuel tanks and the airport), the Electricity Corporation, and especially the control room and the General Authority for Communications and Informatics, and the Libyan Investment Authority, in accordance with a clear timetable.
  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
    Page 1, 6. A written commitment from the Tripoli armed groups to not extort, pressure, or take over sovereign institutions
  • 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

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Enforcement mechanism
    Page 1, 1. Creating a monitoring and verification mechanism to consolidate the ceasefire under the supervision and direction of a joint operations centre

    Page 1, 5. The Presidential Council shall dissolve the current security arrangements committee and form a new security arrangements committee, and the delegation shall contribute to providing the necessary support to this committee
  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    al-Mutawasat, ‘UN Mission announces ‘8-point’ ceasefire agreement in Tripoli, 10 September 2018, http://almotawaset.com/2018/09/10/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AB%D8%A9- %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86- %D8%B9%D9%86-8-%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AF- %D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82/

Agreement to Consolidate the Ceasefire

Based on the ceasefire agreement that was signed on September 4th, and based on the statement from the Security Council on 6 September 2018, which called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, adherence to the truce, stopping the bloodshed, and protecting civilians, the following points were agreed upon:

1. Creating a monitoring and verification mechanism to consolidate the ceasefire under the supervision and direction of a joint operations center

2. Repositioning of forces to areas that are agreed upon to allow resumption of normal life in the areas of the clashes, and the Greater Tripoli area in general, followed by a mechanism to stop the clashes

3. Storing all heavy and medium-size weaponry inside the bases of the groups that own them

4. Creating a plan for the withdrawal of the armed groups from sovereign locations and vital installations and the gradual positioning of regular forces (military and police), starting with the Mitiga International Airport, the Prime Minister’s office, the Tripoli Port, the Central Bank, bank branches, the sites of the National Oil Corporation (starting with the Hani fuel tanks and the airport), the Electricity Corporation, and especially the control room and the General Authority for Communications and Informatics, and the Libyan Investment Authority, in accordance with a clear timetable.

5. The Presidential Council shall dissolve the current security arrangements committee and form a new security arrangements committee, and the delegation shall contribute to providing the necessary support to this committee

6. A written commitment from the Tripoli armed groups to not extort, pressure, or take over sovereign institutions

7. Announcement of an economic reform package within a week from today, and starting to implement it

8. Canceling a number of decisions that were made during the previous period that transfer the state authorities to armed groups

9 September 2018

Zawiya, 9 September 2018

Signatures of those in agreement with the outputs of the meeting to consolidate the ceasefire

Name Position Entity Signature

Khalid Mazen Ministry Undersecretary Ministry of Interior [Signed]

Muhammad Lamhani Undersecretary of Internal Migration Ministry of Interior [Signed]

Abdulbari Shimbaro Undersecretary of the Ministry of Local Administration Ministry of Local Administration [Signed]

Gen. Hussein Abdullah Chief of Staff of Army General Staff [Signed]

Gen. Osamah Huwaili Commander of Western Tareen Area General Staff [Signed]

Abdulsalam Abu Sitah Al Mahdi Local Military Command – Zintan General Staff [Signed]

Brig.

Gen. Fath Allah Hasan Abu Matas First Assistant, Counter-Terrorism Forces Presidential Council [Signed]

Fahim Bin Ramadan 301st Infantry Brigade Presidential Council [Signed]

Gen. Abdulfatah Marin Commander of the Tripoli Al Amariah Area Presidential Council [Signed]

Khalid Muhammad Al Jarab Tripoli Brigade Tripoli Brigade [Signed]

Khalid Muhammad Al Subair Communication Delegate Tripoli [Signed]

[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] Tripoli [Signed]

Muhammad Hasan Al Barouni Janzour Knights Brigade [Signed]

Muhammad Al Dharat Al Bunyan Al Marsoos Middle Area [Signed]

Ibrahim Muhammad Rafidah Al Bunyan Al Marsoos Middle Area [Signed]

Abdullah Ahmad Asbafa Al Bunyan Al Marsoos Middle Area [Signed]

Brig.

Gen. Ramadan Al Zain Middle Area Al Bunyan Al Marsoos [Signed]

Mustafa Ali Muhammad Al Somo Al Bunyan Al Marsoos Middle Area [Signed]

Brig.

Gen. Malud Al Masri Head of the Central Security Libyan Intelligence [Signed]

Iyad Ili Salem Mayor of Tarhuna Tarhuna [Signed]

Ahmad Owain Military Advisor Presidential Council [Signed]

Ibrahim Al Thaqaf General Intelligence Presidential Council [Signed]

Al Mahdi Ali Al Shawish Military Committee Zawiya [Signed]

Musa Ahmad Al Bidari Mobile Force Jadu [Signed]

Ayman Awn Allah Mobile Force [ILLEGIBLE] [Signed]

Mustafa Ali Ashlam Al Bunyan Al Marsoos Misrata [Signed]

Hasan Jab Allah Tarhuna Tarhuna [Signed]

Milod Abdullah Tarhuna Tarhuna [Signed]