• Country/entity

  Libya
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Joint declaration of the representatives of Touareg and Tebou tribes in 4 points supporting the Presidency Council of the Government of National Agreement which recently took office in Tripoli

• Date

  21 Apr 2016

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

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

• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process

• Conflict nature

  Inter-group

• Peace process

  Libyan peace process

• Parties

  National Movement of the Touareg Youth in the South: Aboubakr Akhat Mohammed Al-Amin;
  High Revolutionary Council of the Tebou in the South: Mabruk Jomode Elie Getty

• Third parties

  Sant'Egidio

• Description

  Four point agreement between Tuareg and Tebu representatives announcing their support of the Government of National Accord set up by the Libyan Political Agreement.

• Agreement document

  LY_160421_Joint Declaration Tebu-Tuareg.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  

• Rationale

  -> Link to national level; external support mechanism; culture of signing The communication between antagonistic parties and the signing of the agreement was supported by the Italian Sant'Edigio organisation. Moreover, the agreement is clearly embedded in a culture of signing (and supporting) agreements to bring an end to the violence between the tribes of this locale (Fezzan). The agreement mentions the previous document signed to promote peace in Libya: "the documents signed in Doha on the 22 November 2015 and in Rome on the 28 November 2015".

• 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 facilitated by the UN-led Libyan Political Agreement. Through this agreement, the parties bring their support of the Government of National Accord set up by the UN-initiated Libyan Political Agreement. The agreement affirms the parties' the common desire for a undivided, democratic and multicultural Libya, common house for all the Libyans" and their support of "the negotiation process promoted by the United Nations and specifically by UNISMIL".

• Name of Locale

  NA

• Nature Of Locale

  Region

• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  32.884845, 13.190740

• Participant type

  Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
  

• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  Mediator or similar referred to

  Mediator (references)

  Sant'Egidio

  Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

  Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder

Local issues

Joint declaration of the representatives of Touareg and Tebou tribes in 4 points supporting the Presidency Council of the Government of National Agreement which recently took office in Tripoli

The representatives of the Tebou and Touareg tribes in Libya, on behalf of the National Movement of the Touareg Youth in the South and of the High Revolutionary Council of the Tebou in the South, who engaged in a long dialogue for a peaceful coexistence in the South of the country and who in the documents signed in Doha on the 22 November 2015 and in Rome on the 28 November 2015 confirmed their commitment for the peace process promoted by the UN Special Envoy for Libya;

Considering the recent evolution of the political situation and the hope of sorting out of the crisis and division in which our country happen to be since long;

Deeply convinced that only through dialogue it is possible to come out of the current crisis and throw the basis for a peaceful future in Libya;

Considering the common desire for a undivided, democratic and multicultural Libya, common house for all the Libyans;

Jointly declare:

1. our support to the Presidency Council of the Government of National Agreement, for which we hope full support from all the components and factions of the country in the shortest possible time;

2. our joint and confirmed support to the negotiation process promoted by the United Nations and specifically by UNISMIL for the pacification of our country, as already declared by both our delegations in the document signed in Rome on the 28 November 2015 by the Community of Sant’Egidio, for the sake of Southern Libya and of the whole country;

3. our serious call to all the Libyan factions and in particular to those who have not yet fully joined to the peace process promoted by UN, to overcome every particularism and to allow to the Presidency Council of the Government of National Agreement to exert its duties over the whole Libyan territory.

4. the commitment so that the pacification of the country may move further in the shortest possible time and that the South of the country may be supported in the contribution it gave to peace up to now, and fully included in the creation of a peaceful and prosperous country.

On behalf of the National Movement of the Touareg Youth in the South Aboubakr Akhat Mohammed Al-Amin

On behalf of of the High Revolutionary Council of the Tebou in the South Mabruk Jomode Elie Getty