• Country/entity

  Cote d'Ivoire
  

• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  

• Agreement name

  Troisième Accord Complémentaire à l'Accord Politique de Ouagadougou

• Date

  28 Nov 2007

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Ivorian Civil War (2002 - 2011) )

• Stage

  Framework/substantive - partial

• Conflict nature

  Government

• Peace process

  Cote D'Ivoire: peace process

• Parties

  President Gbagbo and the General Secretary of the Nouvelles Forces

• Third parties

  The president Compaore of Burkina Faso in his function as president of CEDEAO and facilitator

• Description

  This agreement adds to paragraphs 1.2., 3.2., 4.2. and 4.4. of the Ouagagadou Agreement. It deals with the issues relating to ex-combatants (demobilisation, reinsertion, integration, payments etc.), redeployment of administration across the territory, mixed units in the Centre de commandement intégré which will oversee demobilisation alongside impartial forces. It also covers amnesty provisions, restitution of careers, integration quotas, reconstitution of destroyed civil registers, regular meetings, and presidential elections.

• Agreement document

  CI_071128_Troisieme Accord Complementaire a l'Accord Politique de Ouagadougou_tr.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  CI_071128_Troisieme Accord Complementaire a l'Accord Politique de Ouagadougou.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

REPUBLIC OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE

DIRECT DIALOGUE

THIRD AGREEMENT COMPLEMENTING

THE OUAGADOUGOU POLITICAL AGREEMENT

November 28, 2007

In application of paragraphs 1.2, 3.2, 3.3, 4.2, and 4.4 of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement of March 4, 2007, and in order to expedite its implementation, the two Parties agree as follows:

Article 1:

The two parties agree that the Regrouping of ex-combatants, the storage of arms and the dismantling of militias will start no later than December 22, 2007, under the command of the Integrated Command Centre (CCI) and supervised by the Impartial Forces.

In order to implement this Regrouping, the two Parties agree to start recruiting to the Civic Service no later than December 22, 2007, in accordance with paragraph 3 of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, and based in the sites already prepared for this purpose.

Article 2:

In order to facilitate the Disarmament, Reinsertion and Demobilisation Process (DDR), foreseen in paragraph 3.2.1 of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, the two Parties agree to transfer a fixed monthly sum to the Government, the amounts to be fixed by decree of the Council of Ministers, to cover the operations of demobilisation, provisioning and taking responsibility for ex-combatants, until their reinsertion and reintegration in the Defence and Security Forces (FDS) or in civilian life.

Article 3:

In order to expedite the re-establishment of the authority of the State and redeployment of the Administration throughout the national territory, the Parties agree to begin the redeployment of the fiscal and customs Administration by December 30, 2007, at the latest, based on the principle of unifying the funds, for which the Government will define the process.

Article 4:

The two Parties agree that the redeployment of the Administration and of public services throughout the national territory, foreseen in paragraph 4.2.

of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, will be complete by January 30, 2008, at the latest.

Article 5:

In order to provide security for all operations related to the peace process, foreseen in paragraphs 3.1.3.

and 4.4.

of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, the two Parties agree that the Defence and Security Forces (FDS) will make elements of the National Police and the National Gendarmerie available to the Integrated Command Centre (CCI), for the purpose of creating mixed units, which will be supported by the impartial forces.

For this purpose they also agree that the FAFN will make available to the CCI elements including six hundred (600) elements resulting from the Pretoria Agreement.

Article 6:

By adopting Ordinance No 2007-457 of April 12, 2007, on the amnesty law, the two Parties agree that the Government will re-establish the soldes avec rappel of FAFN elements of the National Armed Forces of the Côte d’Ivoire, the Gendarmerie and the paramilitary units, with effect from the date of signature of this ordinance.

Article 7:

The two Parties agree that all the militants of the FAFN who were regular members of the National Armed Forces of the Ivory Coast, the Gendarmerie and the paramilitary units, will be reintegrated in the New National Army and will be able to resume their careers.

Article 8:

The two Parties agree to refer to arbitration by the Facilitator to establish integration quotas for elements of the FAFN.

In applying the provisions of paragraph 3 of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, the two Parties agree to request the Government to adopt no later than December 15, 2007, the texts specifying the general framework of organisation, composition and operation of the new Defence and Security Forces.

Article 9:

With regard to the question of the ranks of soldiers who have changed position in the FAFN, the two Parties agree to refer to arbitration by the Facilitator.

Article 10:

In order to fully implement the provisions of paragraph 1.2 of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, the two Parties agree to begin the reconstruction of civil registers lost or destroyed in certain registry offices, before the end of December 2007, in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance of January 17, 2007.

To this end the reconstruction of civil registers will be done in conjunction with the establishment of mobile courts (audiences foraines) for the issuance of substitute birth certificates (jugements supplétifs).

Article 11:

Wishing to maintain a permanent dialogue, in order to remove any obstacles to implementing the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, the two Parties agree to hold regular weekly meetings with the Special Representative of the Facilitator, at Abidjan.

Article 12:

The two Parties agree that the Presidential election will take place no later than the first week of the year 2008, according to a timetable to be proposed to the Government by the CEI, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Electoral Code.

In order to do this, the operations of identification and registration on the electoral role must be fully completed.

Article 13:

The two Parties agree that the Government will make available all necessary financial resources to carry out the operations described above, within the timescale foreseen in the present complementary agreement.

Article 14:

The present complementary agreement enters into force upon its signing.

Done at Ouagadougou, November 28, 2007

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