• Country/entity

  South Sudan
  Sudan
  

• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  Africa (excl MENA)
  

• Agreement name

  The Implementation Modalities of the Protocol on the Resolution of the Abyei Conflict, dated 26th May, 2004

• Date

  31 Dec 2004

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

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

• Stage

  Implementation/renegotiation

• Conflict nature

  Government/territory

• Peace process

  Sudanese (North-South) peace process

• Parties

  The Government of Sudan; Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army

• Third parties

  -

• Description

  An agreement by the parties that provides tables of implementation modalities for Protocol between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army on the Resolution of Abyei Conflict. The modalities entail provisions on the special administrative status of Abyei, the administrative structure, financial resources, geographical boundaries, residents, security arrangements, referendum commission, and a reconciliation process. Attached to the agreement is the Abyei Appendix, which provides further provisions on the Abyei Boundaries Commission. This agreement and the Protocol were both incorporated into the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

• Agreement document

  SD 041231 Implementation Modalities for Protocol on Abyei.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

THE IMPLEMENTATION MODALITIES OF THE PROTOCOL ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE ABYEI CONFLICT

SIGNED AT NAIVASHA, KENYA, 31st DECEMBER, 2004

[Contains implementation matrix]

ABYEI APPENDIX

UNDERSTANDING ON ABYEI BOUNDARIES COMMISSION

1. Upon signature, and notwithstanding Article 5.1 of the Protocol on Abyei, there shall be established by the Parties Abyei Boundaries Commission (ABC) to define and demarcate the Area of the nine Ngok Dinka Chiefdoms transferred to Kordofan in 1905, referred to herein as Abyei Area.

2. Pursuant to Article 5.2 of the Protocol on Abyei, the ABC shall be composed as follows:-

2.1 One representative from each Party;

2,2 The Parties shall ask the US, UK and the IGAD to nominate five impartial experts knowledgeable in history, geography and any other relevant expertise.

The ABC shall be chaired by one of those experts;

2.3 Each Party shall nominate two from the present two administrations of Abyei Area;

2.4 The GOS shall nominate two from the Messiriya;

2.5 The SPLM/A shall nominate two from the neighbouring Dinka tribes to the South of Abyei Area.

3. The ABC shall listen to representatives of the people of Abyei Area and the neighbours, and shall also listen to presentations of the two Parties.

4. In determining their findings, the Experts in the Commission shall consult the British Archives and other relevant sources on Sudan wherever they may be available, with a view to arriving at a decision that shall be based on scientific analysis and research.

The experts shall also determine the rules of procedure of the ABC.

5. The ABC shall present its final report to the Presidency before the end of the Pre-Interim Period.

The report of the experts, arrived at as prescribed in the ABC rules of procedure, shall be final and binding on the Parties.

6. The Presidency shall establish the administration of Abyei Area simultaneously with the Government of South Sudan and the Governments of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile States by the beginning of the Interim Period.

7. In case the ABC delays presentation of the final report beyond the time prescribed above, the Presidency shall take necessary action to put the Abyei Area special status into effect with Abyei town as its seat subject to any readjustment or confirmation by the ABC final report.