Juba Declaration for Trust-building Measures and Pre-negotiation Principles

• Country/entity

  Sudan
  
• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  
• Agreement name

  Juba Declaration for Trust-building Measures and Pre-negotiation Principles
• Date

  11 Sep 2019
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

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

  Framework/substantive - partial
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Sudan Transition Process
• Parties

  The Government of Sudan and The Sudan Revolutionary Front and the Sudan Liberation Forces Alliance:
  
  Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
  Government of the Sudan
  
  Sudan Revolutionary Front:
  Dr. Elhadi Idriss Yahya, Chairman of the Revolutionary Front and Chairman of SLM-Transitional
  Council
  Dr. Gibril Ibrahim, JEM
  Lieutenant General Malik Agar, SPLM-N
  Commander Mini Arko Minnawi, SLM
  Osama Saeed, Beja Opposition Congress:
  Alamin Daoud Mahmoud, United Popular Front for Liberation and Justice:
  Mohamed Daoud Mohamed, Kush Liberation Movement:
  Eltom Hajo Democratic United Party-Revolutionary Front:
  
  Sudan Liberation Forces Alliance:
  Altahir Abubaker Hajar,
• Third parties

  Witnesses
  
  General Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan
  
  As well as signing as a witness, it seems the General can also be viewed as providing a facilitatory type role:
  
  Page 1, Preamble
  
  RESPONDING to the gracious invitation by General Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, to the two parties of the Agreement
• Description

  This is a short agreement which is part of a series of short agreements which take place in the approach to the 2020 Sudan peace agreement, Juba agreement. This agreement sets out provisions including trust building measures between parties, arrangements for the formation of the Legislative Council and committees to follow up on agreements regarding earlier ceasefires and release of prisoners. These agreements in essence establish a relationship between the new transitional government of Sudan and other peripheral armed groups who seek to ensure that their own causes within their process do not get lost within the implementation phase of new government.

• Agreement document

  SD_190911_Juba Declaration for Trust-Building Measures and Pre-Negotiation Principles - Official ENGLISH (3).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

(A) JUBA DECLARATION FOR TRUST-BUILDING MEASURES AND PRE-NEGOTIATION PRINCIPLES

Between

The Government of the Sudan and The Revolutionary Front

and

the Sudan Liberation Movement-Transitional Council Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement Sudan People’s Liberation Movement Sudan Liberation Movement/Army Beja Opposition Congress United Popular Front for Liberation and Equality Kush Liberation Movement Sudan Liberation Forces Alliance

Juba Declaration for Trust-Building Measures and Pre-Negotiation Principles

APPRECIATING the kinship, love and joint history and destiny between the peoples of Republics of Sudan and South Sudan;

RESPONDING to the gracious invitation by General Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, to the two parties of the Agreement;

RECOGNIZING that the peace issue is a strategic one;

and ending the war, strengthening internal unity and reformation of foreign relations will reflect positively on the lives of millions of IDPs and refugees and will contribute to solving the economic crisis and alleviate suffering off the shoulders of our people;

and transition to democracy will never be achieved without peace as shown by the experiences of our people throughout previous transitional periods;

REITERATING the desire of two parties to avoid mishaps of past peace negotiations which failed to achieve the aspirations of our people in sustainable and equitable peace;

and in an endeavor to invest in the new political will made available by the December 2018 Revolution through which our people have expressed real will to have peace, freedom and justice to achieve urgent, equitable and comprehensive peace;

INSPIRED by the values of the Revolution in which all segments of the Sudanese people have contributed by different forms of resistance;

as a matter of fact, both parties of the Agreement are partners in achieving this change.

Their partnership will transform into productive partnership to achieve peace and build a new society for all Sudanese people;

COMMITTING to the importance of preparing the environment and building trust between the two Parties to the Agreement and pushing the peace process, the Government of the Sudan will JUBA AGREEMENT FOR PEACE IN SUDAN – OFFICAL ENGLISH VERSION Page 224 of 242 immediately implement trust building procedures and dividends of peace stipulated in the Constitutional Document.

Thus in the meeting held during the period 9-11 September 2019 between the delegation of the Government of Sudan and the delegation of the Revolutionary Front (comprising JEM, SPLM-N, SLM/A, SLM/A-Transitional Council, Beja Opposition Congress, United Popular Front for Liberation and Justice, Kush Liberation Movement, United Democratic Party - Revolutionary Front and the Sudan Liberation Forces Alliance have agreed upon the following:

A- Immediate implementation of trust building measures stipulated in paragraph 67 (items e, f, h, i) in chapter 15 of the 2019 Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Period while instituting in place appropriate implementation mechanisms.

B- Formation of joint committees to implement the following tasks:

1- A committee to follow up on releasing all prisoners of war and those convicted (unless convicted for a private right dispute) 2- A committee to follow up procedures for the cessation of hostilities and humanitarian issues while adopting monitoring mechanisms.

3- A committee to set up arrangements for peace negotiations and preparations thereof and coordination of negotiation tracks through appropriate mechanisms.

C- The Government delegation has agreed to implement the following:

1- Annulment of lists of those barred from travel for reasons pertinent to war.

2- Review of decisions issued in relation to dam lands and decision No.

206 on lands granted to investors in the Northern State.

3- Delaying formation of the Legislative Council pending achievement of a peace agreement.

4- With regards to amendment of Article 70 of the Constitutional Charter and participation at all levels of the transitional authority after concluding a peace agreement, the Government delegation has committed itself to respond to this issue in the next meeting.

D- It has been agreed that parties to negotiate with the Government of the Sudan are:

1- The Revolutionary Front and the Sudan Liberation Forces Alliance.

2- SPLM-N led by Lieutenant General Abdelaziz Al-Hilu.

3- SLM led by Abdul Wahid Mohamed al-Nur.

4- Any other parties as agreed by the Government of the Sudan and the above main parties.

The parties agree that there will be tracks to address peculiarities of war-affected areas in Darfur, the Two Areas, East, and North Sudan.

The parties agree that negotiations shall commence on 14 October 2019 and signature shall be on or before 14 December 2019.

The parties agree to form a committee to arrange for the peace talks.

The committee shall start its work immediately upon signature of this agreement to ensure that talks begin on 14 October 2019.

This agreement includes procedures for trust-building and procedural issues for the commencement of the negotiations.

It will be presented by parties and the Government of South Sudan to the African Union Peace and Security Council to issue a new mandate for the Sudanese Peace Talks and other issues stipulated in this agreement.

The Parties will ask the African Union to seek endorsement of international institutions, including the UN Security Council.

The Parties agreed that regional parties, including the AU, IGAD, Chad and Arab countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and all Gulf countries and the international community, including USA, UK, Norway, EU, France, Germany, Canada, Russia, China and the UN must be engaged in all stages of peace making and peace building;

Parties

Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo Government of the Sudan

Sudan Revolutionary Front:

Dr. Elhadi Idriss Yahya, Chairman of the Revolutionary Front and Chairman of SLM-Transitional Council Dr. Gibril Ibrahim, JEM Lieutenant General Malik Agar, SPLM-N Commander Mini Arko Minnawi, SLM Osama Saeed, Beja Opposition Congress:

Alamin Daoud Mahmoud, United Popular Front for Liberation and Justice:

Mohamed Daoud Mohamed, Kush Liberation Movement:

Eltom Hajo Democratic United Party-Revolutionary Front:

Sudan Liberation Forces Alliance:

Altahir Abubaker Hajar, Witnesses General Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan Date:

11 September 2019