Additional Protocol to the Abuja Accord of 1 November 1998 Concerning the Formation of the Government of National Unity of Guinea-Bissau

  • Country/entity
    Guinea-Bissau
  • Region
    Africa (excl MENA)
  • Agreement name
    Additional Protocol to the Abuja Accord of 1 November 1998 Concerning the Formation of the Government of National Unity of Guinea-Bissau
  • Date
    15 Dec 1998
  • Agreement status
    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement
    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level
    Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Guinea-Bissau Civil War (1998 - 1999) )
  • Stage
    Framework/substantive - partial
  • Conflict nature
    Government
  • Peace process
    Guinea Bissau peace process
  • Parties
    (Signed) H.E. Joao Bernardo VIEIRA
    President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau

    (Signed) General Ansumane MANE
    Commander of the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta
  • Third parties
    In the presence of:
    (Signed) H.E. Gnassingbe EYADEMA
    President of the Togolese Republic

    (Signed) General Lamine CISSE
    Minister of Interior of the Republic of Senegal

    (Signed) H.E. Tounkara YAHAYA
    Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Niger

    (Signed) H.E. Vincent OKOBI
    Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Togo, Representing the Head of State, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

    (Signed) H.E. Lansana KOUYATE
    Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States
  • Description
    This agreement is a supplement to the Abuja Accord which divides the government ministries between the parties and reaffirms the necessity of a speedy deployment of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group.

Groups

  • Children/youth
    Groups→Children/youth→Substantive
    Page 1, 1: Ministries to be provided for by the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau:
    ...Ministry of Education, Youth, Culture and Sports
  • 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)

    No specific mention.

  • 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
    Page 1, 1: Ministries to be provided for by the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau:
    ...Secretariat of State for Administrative Reform and Public Service

    Page 1, 2: Ministries to be provided for by the Chief of the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta:
    ...Ministry of Internal Administration
    ...Secretariat of State for Social Communication and Parliamentary Affairs
  • Constitution

    No specific mention.

Power sharing

  • Political power sharing
    Power sharing→Political power sharing→Executive coalition
    State level
    Page 1, Untitled Preamble: The two parties to the conflict in Guinea-Bissau, meeting at Lomé on 14 and 15 December 1998 in the framework of the implementation of the Abuja Accord between the Government of Guinea-Bissau and the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta, agree by the present additional protocol to form a Government of National Unity according to the following structure and distribution:

    Page 1, 1: Ministries to be provided for by the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau:
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
    Ministry of Justice and Labour
    Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Resources
    Ministry of Education, Youth, Culture and Sports
    Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
    Secretariat of State for Energy, National Resources and Environment
    Secretariat of State for Transport and Communications
    Secretariat of State for Administrative Reform and Public Service

    Page 1, 2: Ministries to be provided for by the Chief of the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta:
    Ministry of Defence and for Freedom Fighters of the Country
    Ministry of Internal Administration
    Ministry of Economy and Finance
    Ministry of Social Welfare
    Secretariat of State for the Treasury
    Secretariat of State for Commerce, Industry, Tourism, Arts and Crafts
    Secretariat of State for Social Communication and Parliamentary Affairs
    Secretariat of State for Freedom Fighters of the Country

    Page 1, 3: The two sides are committed to forming this Government in the soonest possible time-frame.
  • 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

    No specific mention.

  • 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
    Page 1, 1: Ministries to be provided for by the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau:
    ...Ministry of Justice and Labour
  • Prisons and detention

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional Laws

    No specific mention.

Socio-economic reconstruction

  • Development or socio-economic reconstruction
    Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Socio-economic development
    Page 1, 1: Ministries to be provided for by the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau:
    ...Ministry of Justice and Labour
    ...Ministry of Education, Youth, Culture and Sports
    ...Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
    ...Secretariat of State for Transport and Communications

    Page 1, 2: Ministries to be provided for by the Chief of the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta:
    ...Ministry of Economy and Finance
    Ministry of Social Welfare
  • National economic plan

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business
    Page 1, 2: Ministries to be provided for by the Chief of the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta:
    ...Secretariat of State for Commerce, Industry, Tourism, Arts and Crafts
  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks

    No specific mention.

Land, property and environment

  • Land reform/rights

    No specific mention.

  • Pastoralist/nomadism rights

    No specific mention.

  • Cultural heritage
    Land, property and environment→Cultural heritage→Promotion
    Page 1, 2: Ministries to be provided for by the Chief of the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta:
    ...Secretariat of State for Commerce, Industry, Tourism, Arts and Crafts
  • Environment
    Page 1, 1: Ministries to be provided for by the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau:
    ...Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Resources
    ...Secretariat of State for Energy, National Resources and Environment
  • Water or riparian rights or access

    No specific mention.

Security sector

  • Security Guarantees

    No specific mention.

  • Ceasefire

    No specific mention.

  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces
    Page 1, 2: Ministries to be provided for by the Chief of the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta:
    ...Ministry of Defence and for Freedom Fighters of the Country
  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
    Page 1, 2: Ministries to be provided for by the Chief of the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta:
    Ministry of Defence and for Freedom Fighters of the Country
    Ministry of Internal Administration
    Ministry of Economy and Finance
    Ministry of Social Welfare
    Secretariat of State for the Treasury
    Secretariat of State for Commerce, Industry, Tourism, Arts and Crafts
    Secretariat of State for Social Communication and Parliamentary Affairs
    Secretariat of State for Freedom Fighters of the Country
  • 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
    In the presence of:
    (Signed) H.E. Gnassingbe EYADEMA
    President of the Togolese Republic

    (Signed) General Lamine CISSE
    Minister of Interior of the Republic of Senegal

    (Signed) H.E. Tounkara YAHAYA
    Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Niger

    (Signed) H.E. Vincent OKOBI
    Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Togo, Representing the Head of State, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

    (Signed) H.E. Lansana KOUYATE
    Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States
  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar
    Page 2, 4: They reaffirm the necessity for the speedy deployment of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group in Guinea-Bissau, and agree to cooperate to this effect.
  • Enforcement mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    UN Peacemaker: http://peacemaker.un.org/

ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE ABUJA ACCORD OF 1 NOVEMBER 1998 CONCERNING THE FORMATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY OF GUINEA-BISSAU

The two parties to the conflict in Guinea-Bissau, meeting at Lomé on 14 and 15 December 1998 in the framework of the implementation of the Abuja Accord between the Government of Guinea-Bissau and the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta, agree by the present additional protocol to form a Government of National Unity according to the following structure and distribution:

Ministries to be provided for by the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Ministry of Justice and Labour

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Resources

Ministry of Education, Youth, Culture and Sports

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

Secretariat of State for Energy, National Resources and Environment

Secretariat of State for Transport and Communications

Secretariat of State for Administrative Reform and Public Service

Ministries to be provided for by the Chief of the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta:

Ministry of Defence and for Freedom Fighters of the Country

Ministry of Internal Administration

Ministry of Economy and Finance

Ministry of Social Welfare

Secretariat of State for the Treasury

Secretariat of State for Commerce, Industry, Tourism, Arts and Crafts

Secretariat of State for Social Communication and Parliamentary Affairs

Secretariat of State for Freedom Fighters of the Country

The two sides are committed to forming this Government in the soonest possible time-frame.

They reaffirm the necessity for the speedy deployment of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group in Guinea-Bissau, and agree to cooperate to this effect.

DONE at Lomé on 15 December 1998 in four original copies.

(Signed) H.E. Joao Bernardo VIEIRA

President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau

(Signed) General Ansumane MANE

Commander of the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta

In the presence of:

(Signed) H.E. Gnassingbe EYADEMA

President of the Togolese Republic

(Signed) General Lamine CISSE

Minister of Interior of the Republic of Senegal

(Signed) H.E. Tounkara YAHAYA

Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Niger

(Signed) H.E. Vincent OKOBI

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Togo, Representing the Head of State, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

(Signed) H.E. Lansana KOUYATE

Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States