Darfur Ceasefire (GoS/SLM/A), Abeche
- Country/entity
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South Sudan
Sudan
Darfur - Region
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Africa (excl MENA)
- Agreement name
- Darfur Ceasefire (GoS/SLM/A), Abeche
- Date
- 3 Sep 2003
- Agreement status
- Multiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangement
- Yes
- Agreement/conflict level
- Intrastate/intrastate conflict
- Stage
- Ceasefire/related
- Conflict nature
- Government/territory
- Peace process
- Darfur-Sudan peace process
- Parties
-
Signatures:
Major General ‘Ismat ‘Abd al-Rahman,
Commander of the Western Region, Sudanese Government
Mr. ‘Abd al-Rahman Musa,
Minister of Public Security and Migration, Chadian Government
Adjutant General ‘Abd Allah Abkar Bashir,
Sudanese Liberation Army
Government Delegation:
Major General al-Rakan ‘Ismat ‘Abd al-Rahman Zayn al-Abidin, Head
Brigadier General Ibrahim Muhammad al-Hassan Ahmed Sa’id, Member
Colonel ‘Amr ‘Abd al-Mahlib, Member
Consul General Khalid ‘Abas Ahmed al-Na’im, Member
Babakar ‘Amr ‘Abd al-Qadir, Member
Sudanese Liberation Army Delegation:
‘Abd Allah Abkar Bashir, Head
Yahya Sin al-Nil, Member
Amr Sulayman Dahiya, Member
Adam Sulayman Bashir, Member
‘Abd Allah Hassan Allah al-Duhi, Member
Mustafa Mahmud al-Tayeb, Member
Professor ‘Uthman Muhammad al-Bashir, Member - Third parties
- President Idriss Deby, Chad
- Description
- Short Agreement outlining eight points of a ceasefire between the Sudanese Liberation Army and Government of Sudan. Points include assembly of troops at pre-designated locations, hand over of weapons, agreement for more talks, release of prisoners, formation of tri-partite implementation monitoring commission and a short schedule.
- Agreement document
- SD_030903_Ceasefire Agreement between the Government and the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) in Darfur.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF
- Agreement document (original language)
- SD_030903_Ceasefire Agreement between the Government and the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) in Darfur_AR.pdf (opens in new tab)
Groups
- Children/youth
No specific mention.
- Disabled persons
No specific mention.
- Elderly/age
No specific mention.
- Migrant workers
No specific mention.
- Racial/ethnic/national group
No specific mention.
- Religious groups
No specific mention.
- Indigenous people
No specific mention.
- Other groups
No specific mention.
- Refugees/displaced persons
No specific mention.
- Social class
No specific mention.
Gender
- Women, girls and gender
No specific mention.
- Men and boys
No specific mention.
- LGBTI
No specific mention.
- Family
No specific mention.
State definition
- Nature of state (general)
No specific mention.
- State configuration
No specific mention.
- Self determination
No specific mention.
- Referendum
No specific mention.
- State symbols
No specific mention.
- Independence/secession
No specific mention.
- Accession/unification
No specific mention.
- Border delimitation
No specific mention.
- Cross-border provision
No specific mention.
Governance
- Political institutions (new or reformed)
No specific mention.
- Elections
No specific mention.
- Electoral commission
No specific mention.
- Political parties reform
No specific mention.
- Civil society
No specific mention.
- Traditional/religious leaders
No specific mention.
- Public administration
No specific mention.
- Constitution
No specific mention.
Power sharing
- Political power sharing
No specific mention.
- Territorial power sharing
No specific mention.
- Economic power sharing
No specific mention.
- Military power sharing
No specific mention.
Human rights and equality
- Human rights/RoL general
No specific mention.
- Bill of rights/similar
No specific mention.
- Treaty incorporation
No specific mention.
- Civil and political rights
No specific mention.
- Socio-economic rights
No specific mention.
Rights related issues
- Citizenship
No specific mention.
- Democracy
No specific mention.
- Detention procedures
No specific mention.
- Media and communication
No specific mention.
- Mobility/access
No specific mention.
- Protection measures
No specific mention.
- Other
No specific mention.
Rights institutions
- NHRI
No specific mention.
- Regional or international human rights institutions
No specific mention.
Justice sector reform
- Criminal justice and emergency law
No specific mention.
- State of emergency provisions
No specific mention.
- Judiciary and courts
No specific mention.
- Prisons and detention
No specific mention.
- Traditional Laws
No specific mention.
Socio-economic reconstruction
- Development or socio-economic reconstruction
- Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Socio-economic developmentPage 1, Item five:
The two sides commit to laying the foundations for lasting and comprehensive peace in the region in order to achieve economic and social development. - National economic plan
No specific mention.
- Natural resources
No specific mention.
- International funds
No specific mention.
- Business
No specific mention.
- Taxation
No specific mention.
- Banks
No specific mention.
Land, property and environment
- Land reform/rights
No specific mention.
- Pastoralist/nomadism rights
No specific mention.
- Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
- Environment
No specific mention.
- Water or riparian rights or access
No specific mention.
Security sector
- Security Guarantees
No specific mention.
- Ceasefire
- Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provisionPage 1, Untitled Introduction, In the interest of calm conditions and the restoration of security in the state of Darfur and in order to avoid negative and destructive complications as a result of the war and the desire of the two parties for a convergence of views and reconciliation, the Sudanese Government (hereby referred to as the ‘First party’) and the Sudanese Liberation Army (hereby referred to as the ‘Second Party’) assembled their forces in the following areas:
a. The area of Dar Zaghawa
b. The area of Jabal Si
c. The area of Jabal Maydub
d. The area of Jabal Marra
e. The area Murni
Page 1, Item one:
Ceasefire between the two sides and a cessation of all aggressive operations that will lead to aggravations
Page 1, Item six:
Form a tripartite commission from the Sudanese government, the Chadian government, and the Sudanese Liberation Army to monitor the implementation of the terms of this agreement.
Page 1, Item Seven:
... b. The implementation of these agreement addendums and joint memoranda are implemented as follows:
1. The ceasefire will enter into force on 6 September at 1800 Sudanese time (1400 GMT).
Page 1, Item four:
Assemble Sudanese Liberation Army forces in the locations delimited by both sides.
Page 2, Item Seven:
... b. The implementation of these agreement addendums and joint memoranda are implemented as follows:
... 5. Form the tripartite committee 15 days after the start of the ceasefire, authorising the timetable completing the work of the remaining period, until the end of 40 days. - Police
No specific mention.
- Armed forces
- Page 1, Item Seven:
... b. The implementation of these agreement addendums and joint memoranda are implemented as follows:
... 2. Determine the locations for assembling forces. - DDR
- Security sector→DDR→Demilitarisation provisionsPage 1, Item seven:
a. Begin private negotiations on addendums after (45 days) from the date of signing this agreement to arrive at a comprehensive peace and the hand over of weapons after the final agreement on addendums. - Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
- Page 1, Untitled Introduction, In the interest of calm conditions and the restoration of security in the state of Darfur and in order to avoid negative and destructive complications as a result of the war and the desire of the two parties for a convergence of views and reconciliation, the Sudanese Government (hereby referred to as the ‘First party’) and the Sudanese Liberation Army (hereby referred to as the ‘Second Party’) assembled their forces in the following areas:
a. The area of Dar Zaghawa
b. The area of Jabal Si
c. The area of Jabal Maydub
d. The area of Jabal Marra
e. The area Murni
Page 1, Item two:
[Take] command and control over irregular armed groups in the theatre of operations.
Page 1, Item four:
Assemble Sudanese Liberation Army forces in the locations delimited by both sides.
Page 2, Item Seven:
... b. The implementation of these agreement addendums and joint memoranda are implemented as follows:
... 4. Withdraw groups of irregular fighters at the same time as troop assembly. - Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
- Corruption
No specific mention.
- Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
- Drugs
No specific mention.
- Terrorism
No specific mention.
Transitional justice
- Transitional justice general
No specific mention.
- Amnesty/pardon
No specific mention.
- Courts
No specific mention.
- Mechanism
No specific mention.
- Prisoner release
- Page 1, Item three:
Release all prisoners of war, those arrested, and those linked to this issue from both sides.
Page 2, Item Seven:
... b. The implementation of these agreement addendums and joint memoranda are implemented as follows:
... 3. Release prisoners and detainees. - Vetting
No specific mention.
- Victims
No specific mention.
- Missing persons
No specific mention.
- Reparations
No specific mention.
- Reconciliation
No specific mention.
Implementation
- UN signatory
No specific mention.
- Other international signatory
No specific mention.
- Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
- International mission/force/similar
No specific mention.
- Enforcement mechanism
- Page 2, Item eight:
In the event of a dispute over the items in this agreements or the emergence of a problem hitherto unknown, the third party has the task of reconciling the two parties. - Related cases
No specific mention.
- Source
- [In Arabic] ‘Darfur’s Revolutions: A New Crisis in Sudan’, International Crisis Group, Report nr. 76 on Africa, Nairobi – Brussels, 25 March 2004, pp. 40-41. Available at: http://www.ecosonline.org/reports/2004/darfurrising-arabic.pdf [Accessed December 2017]
Ceasefire Agreement between the Government and the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) in Darfur
3 September 2003
In the interest of calm conditions and the restoration of security in the state of Darfur and in order to avoid negative and destructive complications as a result of the war and the desire of the two parties for a convergence of views and reconciliation, the Sudanese Government (hereby referred to as the ‘First party’) and the Sudanese Liberation Army (hereby referred to as the ‘Second Party’) assembled their forces in the following areas:
The area of Dar Zaghawa
The area of Jabal Si
The area of Jabal Maydub
The area of Jabal Marra
The area Murni
The two tides assembled under the supervision of the Chadian government (hereby referred to as the ‘Third Party’).
Sponsored by the kind invitation of President Idriss Deby, the following has been agreed:
Item one:
Ceasefire between the two sides and a cessation of all aggressive operations that will lead to aggravations.
Item two:
[Take] command and control over irregular armed groups in the theatre of operations.
Item three:
Release all prisoners of war, those arrested, and those linked to this issues from both sides.
Item four:
Assemble Sudanese Liberation Army forces in the locations delimited by both sides.
Item five:
The two sides commit to laying the foundations for lasting and comprehensive peace in the region in order to achieve economic and social development.
Item six:
Form a tripartite commission from the Sudanese government, the Chadian government, and the Sudanese Liberation Army to monitor the implementation of the terms of this agreement.
Item seven:
Begin private negotiations on addendums after (45 days) from the date of signing this agreement to arrive at a comprehensive peace and the hand over of weapons after the final agreement on addendums.
The implementation of these agreement addendums and joint memoranda are implemented as follows:
The ceasefire will enter into force on 6 September at 1800 Sudanese time (1400 GMT).
Determine the locations for assembling forces.
Release prisoners and detainees.
Withdraw groups of irregular fighters at the same time as troop assembly.
Form the tripartite committee 15 days after the start of the ceasefire, authorising the timetable completing the work of the remaining period, until the end of 40 days.
Item eight:
In the event of a dispute over the items in this agreements or the emergence of a problem hitherto unknown, the third party has the task of reconciling the two parties.
Item nine:
This agreement enters into force as soon as it is signed.
This agreement was completed in the city of Aichi, Chad, on the 3 September.
Signatures:
Major General ‘Ismat ‘Abd al-Rahman,
Commander of the Western Region, Sudanese Government
Mr. ‘Abd al-Rahman Musa,
Minister of Public Security and Migration, Chadian Government
Adjutant General ‘Abd Allah Abkar Bashir,
Sudanese Liberation Army
Government Delegation:
Major General al-Rakan ‘Ismat ‘Abd al-Rahman Zayn al-Abidin, Head
Brigadier General Ibrahim Muhammad al-Hassan Ahmed Sa’id, Member
Colonel ‘Amr ‘Abd al-Mahlib, Member
Consul General Khalid ‘Abas Ahmed al-Na’im, Member
Babakar ‘Amr ‘Abd al-Qadir, Member
Sudanese Liberation Army Delegation:
‘Abd Allah Abkar Bashir, Head
Yahya Sin al-Nil, Member
Amr Sulayman Dahiya, Member
Adam Sulayman Bashir, Member
‘Abd Allah Hassan Allah al-Duhi, Member
Mustafa Mahmud al-Tayeb, Member
Professor ‘Uthman Muhammad al-Bashir, Member