• Country/entity

  Libya
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Points of Initial Agreement (Abu Salim Ceasefire)

• Date

  25 Feb 2017

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Libyan Conflicts (1969 - 1994) (2011 - ) )

• Stage

  Ceasefire/related

• Conflict nature

  Inter-group

• Peace process

  Libyan local processes

• Parties

  Council of Chairmen and the Abu Salim Municipal Council

• Third parties

  In attendance was H.E. the Minister of Defence and H.E. the Minister of Health, the Director of Operations, the Head of the Presidential Guard and his assistants, the Director of Security for Tripoli, Leaders of Tripoli, Tawjura, Ayan Tarhounah, Gharyan, and the High Council for Reconciliation in Greater Tripoli.

• Description

  Short agreement mediated by local council in collaboration with Central Libyan actors regarding a ceasefire between two competing quasi-state armed groups. Agreement provides for the creation of a line of separation between the groups, managed by a force loyal to the Ministry of Defence (belonging to the Government of National Accord).

• Agreement document

  LY_170225_Abu Salim_Points_of_Initial_Agreement_EN.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  LY_170225_Abu Salim_Points_of_Initial_Agreement_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  

• Rationale

  -> Link to national level; external support mechanism; culture of signing The agreement between the two warring armed factions was supported by the UN-initiated GNA and is embedded into constant negotiation efforts of the UN and central government to bring an end to the violent confrontations in the capital.

• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  Yes

• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  The agreement is clearly linked to the national process. It was broken by local councils in collaboration with Libyan central state actors and provides for the implementation of its provision by a military force loyal to the Ministry of Defence (GNA government).

• Name of Locale

  Abu Salim Military Prison

• Nature Of Locale

  Smaller

• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  32.833550, 13.173835

• Participant type

  Central state actor
  Local state actor
  Local armed group
  Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
  

• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  Mediator or similar referred to

  Mediator (references)

  The Council of Chairmen and the Abu Salim Municipal Council

  Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

  Local state actor Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder

Local issues

Points of Initial Agreement (Abu Salim Ceasefire)

First:

Determine that the specific time for a final ceasefire is at 11.30 pm today.

Second:

The group of Installation Guards (al-Baraki) will withdraw from the former Counter-Terrorism Headquarters to the military police headquarters (formerly Abu Salim Military Prison).

The subject of this headquarters [the military police HQ] will be discussed among the [other] agenda items that will be discussed in the final agreement through the Joint Committee for Dispute Resolution.

The Central Security Forces will withdraw from Abu Salim to their headquarters.

Third:

A force from the Ministries of Defence and Interior will separate the two conflict parties and will station [clusters of] three armed vehicles at several points along the contact line.

These points are as follows:

In front of the former Counter-Terrorism HQ.

In front of the former al-Fatih Souq

In front of the People’s Square

In front of the Military Police Roundabout

In front of the former square of the Abusha’lah Mosque

In front of the Abusha’lah Mosque

Fourth:

Establish a committee to monitor the ceasefire, determining the time and location of ceasefire violations by the conflict parties.

Fifth:

Treat those wounded during the fighting from both sides in clinics and hospitals according to the type of treatment [needed] and taking into account the sanctity of hospitals.

This agreement was made under the auspices of the Council of Chairmen and the Abu Salim Municipal Council.

In attendance was H.E. the Minister of Defence and H.E. the Minister of Health, in the wisdom of reconciliation, and Director of Operations, the Head of the Presidential Guard and his assistants, the Director of Security for Tripoli, Leaders of Tripoli, Tawjura, Ayan Tarhounah, Gharyan, and the High Council for Reconciliation in Greater Tripoli.

Issued in Tripoli, Friday 25 February 2017