Statement on Security in Governorate of Ibb

• Country/entity

  Yemen
  
• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  
• Agreement name

  Statement on Security in Governorate of Ibb
• Date

  2 Jun 2015
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Yemeni Civil Wars (1994) (2011 - ) )
• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Yemen peace process
• Parties

  63 Imams and preachers
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  Short statement calling for Ibb Governorate to remain in peace and not allow the war in neighbouring provinces spill over.

• Agreement document

  YE_150602_Statement on Security in Governorate of Ibb.pdf | Download PDF
• Agreement document (original language)

  YE_150602_Statement on Security in the Governorate of Ibb_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Informal but persistent process
  
• Rationale

  As in many other local examples, this text reflects a persistent practice of religious figures making a call or plea for peace. In some cases this involves a direct invitation to talks among certain parties, in this instance the text is a general statement encouraging peace in the governorate, and a call to all groups in the province to help ensure this.
• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  T
• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  The wider peace process is not specifically mentioned in the text. There is also no further research which indicates a clear structural link to the national peace process.
• Name of Locale

  Ibb governorate
• Nature Of Locale

  Region
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  13.972798, 44.161822
• Participant type

  Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
  
• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  Mediator or similar referred to
  Mediator (references)

  No mention of a mediator.
  Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

Local issues

Statement on Security in the Governorate of Ibb

2 June 2015

Important statement issued by imams and preachers of the governorate of Ibb concerning security in the governorate

Praise be to God:

(And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and the wrath and curse of Allah are upon him and has cursed him and prepared for him a great punishment), Surah "the women", verse 93.

Prayer and peace over our prophet Mohamed and his family, friends, and wives, and those who walked his course and traced his influence […] to the day of judgement.

Given what is going through our beloved country due to war, imams and preachers have been compelled to ensure the governorate stays safe and stable, away from violence and fighting from any party, with the call to prohibit and criminalize the killing and fighting and bloodletting sinking it into a civil war which destroys everything.

The ongoing wars in some governorates and what is happening there are a lesson and a warning, with the killing of innocent people, the displacement of the population, and the destruction of public and private property.

We call on all sons the governorate in all orientations and backgrounds to unite as one against those who call for killing and fighting inside the governorate and cooperate with all the honorable in order to keep the preservation of the governorate of Ibb being quiet and stable as it has become a haven for the displaced and refugees from all governorates inflamed by the war with the prohibition and criminalization of all sectarian, doctrinal, regional, and racist calls.

We ask God to raise from our country these tribulations and misfortunes and to guide those advocates of murder, sedition, war, and hatred, and unite the word of the people of Yemen in general, and the people of Ibb particularly, on what is good and righteous.

Issued on 15 August 1436 (Islamic Calendar), 2nd June, 2015.