Meeting Minutes

  • Country/entity
    Libya
  • Region
    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name
    Meeting Minutes
  • Date
    23 Sep 2018
  • Agreement status
    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement
    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level
    Intrastate/local conflict ( Libyan Conflicts (1969 - 1994) (2011 - ) )
  • Stage
    Implementation/renegotiation
  • Conflict nature
    Inter-group
  • Peace process
    Libyan local processes
  • Parties
    Mustafa Omar Karwad, Mayor of the Misratah Municipality, [SIGNED];
    Ramadhan Balfour Qabqoub, Mayor of the Tadjoura Municipality, [SIGNED];
    Abdulraouf Hasan Bait Al Mal, Mayor of the Central Tripoli Municipality, [SIGNED];
    Abdulrahman Aoun Al Hamidi, Mayor of the Abu Salim Municipality, [SIGNED]
    Hashem Al Hashemi Bin Yusuf, Mayor of the Souq Al Jum’ah Municipality, [SIGNED]
  • Third parties
    -
  • Description
    Appears to be a civilian call by mayors from opposing municipalities to implement the Tripoli ceasefire from September 2018.

Local agreement properties

  • Process type
    Informal but persistent process
  • Rationale
    -> Link to national level; no external support mechanism; culture of signing Although the agreement was not supported by any formal mechanism at the national/regional level, it is embedded in a culture of signing (and supporting) agreements in this locale and in this timeframe (August/September 2018). The agreement mentions that the parties "Support[ing] the [previous] agreement that was signed between the parties in the Zawiyah municipality, which was sponsored by the United Nations delegation [...]".
  • Is there a documented link to a national peace process?
    Yes
  • Link to national process: articulated rationale
    The agreement seems linked to the national process. It was signed by local state leaders (mayors) from municipalities ostensibly on different sides of the conflict. Also, signing parties "call[ing] upon the UN delegation to bear its full responsibility towards the Libyan people".
  • Name of Locale
    Tripoli
  • Nature Of Locale
    Smaller
  • GPS Lat/Long (DD)
    32.824159, 13.217396
  • Participant type
    Local state actor
  • Mediator, facilitator or similar
    No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

  • Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)

    No specific mention.

  • Grievance List
    Page 1, [...] the attendees of the meeting discussed the implications of the armed clashes that are taking place in the capital, Tripoli.
  • Cattle rustling/banditry

    No specific mention.

  • Social cover

    No specific mention.

Meeting Minutes

On Sunday, 23/09/2018, in the headquarters of the municipal council of Misratah, and in the presence of the following municipal mayors:

In response to the events that are taking place in the capital, Tripoli, as a part of the role of the municipalities, which are close to the people, and in order to preserve the social fabric and the brotherly and cooperative relationships between the cities, the attendees of the meeting discussed the implications of the armed clashes that are taking place in the capital, Tripoli.

In that regard, the attendees agreed to the following:

Reiterating the importance of an immediate ceasefire and the protection of the lives and property of the people, as well as holding anyone who violates this legally responsible for their actions

Demanding that the security arrangements be quickly implemented in a systematic manner and in accordance with the agreed upon timetable

Supporting the agreement that was signed between the parties in the Zawiyah municipality, which was sponsored by the United Nations delegation, and calling upon the UN delegation to bear its full responsibility towards the Libyan people

Immediately starting to implement the economic reforms on a clear timeline

Adhering to the principle of dialogue to resolve any problems and criminalizing the use of

violence and force to impose one’s opinion

Calling for an end to the media escalation and mobilization to stoke the fire of war and

Mustafa Omar Karwad

Mayor of the Misratah Municipality

Ramadhan Balnour Qabqoub

Mayor of the Tadjoura Municipality

Abdulraouf Hasan Bait Al Mal

Mayor of the Central Tripoli Municipality

Abdulrahman Aoun Al Hamidi

Mayor of the Abu Saleem Municipality

Hashem Al Hashemi Bin Yusuf

Mayor of the Souq Al Jum’ah Municipality

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Mayor of the Misratah Municipality [SIGNED]

Mayor of the Central Tripoli Municipality [SIGNED]

Mayor of the Tadjoura Municipality [SIGNED]

Mayor of the Abu Saleem Municipality [SIGNED]

Mayor of the Souq Al Jum’ah Municipality[SIGNED]