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Resolution of Intra Afghan Peace Conference in Doha, Qatar (Doha Roadmap for Peace)

  • Country/entity

    Afghanistan
  • Region

    Europe and Eurasia
  • Agreement name

    Resolution of Intra Afghan Peace Conference in Doha, Qatar (Doha Roadmap for Peace)
  • Date

    8 Jul 2019
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

    Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Afghan Wars (1979 - ) )
  • Stage

    Pre-negotiation/process
  • Conflict nature

    Government/territory
  • Peace process

    Afghanistan: 2000s Post-intervention process
  • Parties

    Stated to be Participants to the Afghan Peace Conference.
    (secondary sources suggest that 62 participants were present, 17 of whom were members of the Taliban. On the Afghan-Kabul side, some participants were women). Same source suggests that the resolution was drafted by 6 Kabul representatives and 3 of the Taliban.
  • Third parties

    Qatar German Government United Nations USA Countries in the region
  • Description

    The meeting in Doha brought together representatives from Kabul and representatives of the Taliban, with support from Qatar and the German Government. The participants produced a resolution that sets out principles for future talks, provides a starting definition of the Afghan state, sets key human rights principles, provides for release of some vulnerable groups of prisoners. It also sets conditions for the roadmap to peace, listing them as an agenda for the future rather than agreed items.


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
    Page 2, 6:
     Assuring women [sic] rights in political, social, economic, educational, cultural affairs as per within the Islamic framework of Islamic Values.
  • Men and boys

    No specific mention.

  • LGBTI

    No specific mention.

  • Family

    No specific mention.


State definition

  • Nature of state (general)
    Page 1, 2:
    Afghanistan is a united, Islamic Country and home for all different ethnicities. Islamic Sovereignty, social and political justice, national unity, territorial sovereignty, which all Afghans are committed upon.
  • 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

    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
    Human rights and equality→Civil and political rights→Life
    Page 2, 5, d:
    5.         The following steps shall be taken to create trustable environment for peace and in order to have our nation safe from the war and its consequences, violence and devastation shall be decreased: the conflict parties shall consider these measures.
    [...]
    d. Committed to respect and protect the dignity of people, their life and property and to minimize the civilian casualties to Zero.
  • Socio-economic rights
    Human rights and equality→Socio-economic rights→Property
    Page 2, 5, d:
    5.         The following steps shall be taken to create trustable environment for peace and in order to have our nation safe from the war and its consequences, violence and devastation shall be decreased: the conflict parties shall consider these measures.
    [...]
    d. Committed to respect and protect the dignity of people, their life and property and to minimize the civilian casualties to Zero.

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
    Rights related issues→Protection measures→Protection of civilians
    Page 2, 5, d:
    5.         The following steps shall be taken to create trustable environment for peace and in order to have our nation safe from the war and its consequences, violence and devastation shall be decreased: the conflict parties shall consider these measures.
    [...]
    d. Committed to respect and protect the dignity of people, their life and property and to minimize the civilian casualties to Zero.
  • 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

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business

    No specific mention.

  • 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

    No specific mention.

  • Environment

    No specific mention.

  • Water or riparian rights or access

    No specific mention.


Security sector

  • Security Guarantees
    Page 2, 5, b-c:
    5.         The following steps shall be taken to create trustable environment for peace and in order to have our nation safe from the war and its consequences, violence and devastation shall be decreased: the conflict parties shall consider these measures.

    [...]

    b. Ensuring the security of public institutions, such as schools, Religious Madrassas, hospitals, markets, water dams and other working locations,

    c. In particular, respect educational institutions, like schools, universities, and other educational institutions as well residential areas.
  • Ceasefire

    No specific mention.

  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

    No specific mention.

  • 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
    Page 2, 5. a:
    5.         The following steps shall be taken to create trustable environment for peace and in order to have our nation safe from the war and its consequences, violence and devastation shall be decreased: the conflict parties shall consider these measures.

    a. unconditional release of elders, disables and sick inmates.
  • 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

    No specific mention.

  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    Announced and published on Twitter by US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad https://web.archive.org/save/https://twitter.com/US4AfghanPeace/status/1148388647357636608

Unofficial Translation of the Resolution

Resolution of Intra Afghan Peace Conference

Doha, Qatar

We, the participants of the conference hereby appreciate, thank and value the efforts of Qatar and German Government for organizing Intra Afghan Peace Conference held on 7 and 8 July 2019 in Doha Qatar and express our deepest gratitude accordingly.

We express our greatest gratitude from the United Nations, Regional Countries, particularly, countries who have facilitated the negotiations for USA and intra afghan peace conference and have taken necessary steps towards the conflict resolution.

We are hoping that these parties will continue their support in a way that will benefit our country and the nation and result into a real and desirable peace.

From our point of view, dialogue and agreement assists us to reach an understanding concerning our present and future, be able to tackle the barriers and obstacles as well as understand each other.

Therefore, all participants insist and emphasis on the continuation of the dialogue.

We the participants of the Doha conference hereby agree on the following points to reach a sustainable peace.

1. All participants have full consensus that achieving sustainable, throughout and a dignified peace which is the demand of the afghan people, is only possible via afghan Inclusive negotiations

2. Afghanistan is a united, Islamic Country and home for all different ethnicities.

Islamic Sovereignty, social and political justice, national unity, territorial sovereignty, which all Afghans are committed upon.

3. Throughout the history, particularly during the last 40 years, the Afghan people have defended their religions, country, and culture and sacrificed immensely for their independent.

Afghanistan shall not be the witness of another war in the country and intra afghan agreement between different levels of the society is vital and crucial.

All International Community, regional and internal elements shall respect out values accordingly.

4. Since our nation is suffering daily due to on going prolonged war and its therefore, necessary that the following steps are needed to be taken so that we can have an effective Intra Afghan negotiation.

a. The conflict parties shall avoid threats.

revenges and conflicting words.

shall use soft terminologies and words during their official gatherings, and shall not fuel the conflict and revenge.

b. The Doha peace conference participants strongly supports the current peace talks in Doha and believes that an effective and positive outcome from the negotiations will be fruitful for Afghanistan.

5. The following steps shall be taken to create trustable environment for peace and in order to have our nation safe from the war and its consequences, violence and devastation shall be decreased:

the conflict parties shall consider these measures.

a. unconditional release of elders, disables and sick inmates.

b. Ensuring the security of public institutions, such as schools, Religious Madrassas, hospitals, markets, water dams and other working locations,

c. In particular, respect educational institutions, like schools, universities, and other educational institutions as well residential areas.

d. Committed to respect and protect the dignity of people, their life and property and to minimize the civilian casualties to Zero.

6. Assuring women rights in political, social, economic, educational, cultural affairs as per within the Islamic framework of Islamic Values.

7. The participants of Doha conference agrees on a roadmap for peace based on the following conditions:

a. institutionalizing Islamic system in the country for the implementation of comprehensive peace,

b. Start of the peace process simultaneously with the accomplishment of all terms and conditions set forth.

c. monitoring and observation of the peace agreement,

d. Reform in the preservation of fundamental institutions, defensive and other national entities which belongs to all Afghans,

e. repartition [sic] of immigrants and return of IDPs,

f. support and assistance from donor countries post peace agreement based the new cooperation and relations,

g. Insist during international conferences regarding the assurance of Afghanistan peace agreement.

h. Assurance on zero interference from the neighboring and regional countries in Afghanistan.

8. We acknowledge and approve the recent resolution of intra afghan conference held on 6 Feb 2019 in Moscow and urge the Islamic Conference.

UN, Security Council, neighboring countries to support the peace conferences held in Moscow and Doha

MAY ALLAH GRANT US SUCCESS IN OUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS