Tripoli Memorandum

• Country/entity

  Lebanon
  
• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  
• Agreement name

  Tripoli Memorandum
• Date

  8 Sep 2008
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Lebanon's Political Crisis (2005 – ) )
• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process
• Conflict nature

  Inter-group
• Peace process

  Lebanon peace process
• Parties

  Arab Democratic Party (Jabal Mohsen); Sunni Militias (Bab al-Tabanneh)
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  Six-point agreement resolving the local spill-over of violence related to the Cypress Spring (2005) and the armed excursion of Hezbollah in May 2008 towards the Siniora Government. Pre-negotiation agreement provides for reaching an agreement between local figures; holding a state-sponsored meeting between the players of the city; call on the army command to set a timeframe for IDP return; provision of temporary shelter for IDPs or rent allowances; speed up assessment of damages; call on the Prime minister to support financially.

• Agreement document

  LB_080908_Tripoli Memorandum.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Isolated example
  
• Rationale

  -> Link to national level; external support mechanism; no culture of signing This is a pre-negotiation agreement that is apparently not supported by any formally-established mechanism. No element supports the case of a culture of signing agreements, as this is the first initiative to put an end to the conflict in Tripoli.
• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  Yes
• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  The agreement clearly articulates a link to the national level: Page 1, Page 1, ... 1 – Reach an agreement among all leaders and figures regarding the definitive preservation of peace, security and stability, and abstain from having recourse to violence and weapons, regardless of the circumstances. Page 1, ... 2.– Hold a state-sponsored meeting among all the city’s players. Page 1, 6 – Call on the prime minister to provide all necessary compensations.
• Name of Locale

  Tripoli
• Nature Of Locale

  City
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  34.440182, 35.848476
• Participant type

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

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

Tripoli Memorandum

8 September 2008

All categories and factions in Tripoli form a single social fabric, which believes in the project of a

strong, fair state.

Tripoli is an ancient city with roots reaching deep into the recesses of history.

Throughout the decades following Lebanon’s independence, it has played its national role as a safe cradle of fraternal coexistence and a fertile soil for the freedom of opinion, thought and belief.

It is the heir of a glorious heritage and has never experienced extremism and isolation;

rather, it always was a symbol of moderation, openness and assimilation of others.

Nowadays, Tripoli rejects all forms of strife and refuses to become a stage for settling old scores on its soil.

It is looking

forward to having security services, especially the army and the ISF, play an active and essential role as they represent a safety valve of stability and sustainable civil peace.

Resolving the crisis that the city and its inhabitants have gone through calls for the following measures:

1 – Reach an agreement among all leaders and figures regarding the definitive preservation of peace, security and stability, and abstain from having recourse to violence and weapons, regardless of the circumstances.

2 – Hold a state-sponsored meeting among all the city’s players.

3 – Call on the Army Command in the North to set a timeframe for the return of the displaced to their homes and secure all details pertaining to their security.

4 – Provide temporary, alternative housing for those citizens whose houses are too deteriorated to allow their return, by giving them rent allowances until their houses are restored and their return is made possible.

5 – Speed up the process of assessing human and material damages by the Higher Relief Council and all relevant institutions in order to allow for the urgent and speedy payment of compensations for the victims.

6 – Call on the prime minister to provide all necessary compensations.

Source:

Now Media, Tripoli Memorandum, 9 September 2008,

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowspecials/the_tripoli_memorandum_signed_on_september_8