Addendum to the Alafia Doukire and Salam Municipal Peace Charter

Country/entity
Mali
Region
Africa (excl MENA)
Agreement name
Addendum to the Alafia Doukire and Salam Municipal Peace Charter
Date
9 Mar 2019
Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/local conflict
Stage
Implementation/renegotiation
Conflict nature
Inter-group
Peace process
Mali Local Processes
Parties
Signed



For Alafia

[seven signed names in original document]

For Douékiré

[five signed names in original document]

For Salam

[ten signed names in original document]
Third parties
No third parties have signed the document, however, HD Center for Humanitarian Dialogue have been present as mediators.

Page 2, untitled preamble:
We, the communities of Alafia, Douekire, and Salam, hereinafter referred to as the parties;

Recognizing the value of the charter signed on January 28 in Douekire following talks in Timbuktu and Taoudeni, facilitated by the center for humanitarian dialogue;

...

Have met in Tintelout as part of the mediation undertaken for 1 month by the Center for humanitarian dialogue, in support of the charter of January 2018, and agree on the following.
Description
This agreement is a renegotiation and extension of existing peace charter, in which the parties agree to ensure access to to roads, renounce banditry and violence, to jointly establish a natural resource management charter, and to form a nine-member board to support the work of the monitoring committee established in the existing peace charter.

Local agreement properties

Process type
Formal structured process
Rationale
The process that led to the signing of this agreement was supported by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. This is an addendum to the earlier 'Peace Charter of the communes of Alafia Doukeire and Salam' of 28/01/2018.
Is there a documented link to a national peace process?
No
Link to national process: articulated rationale
The agreement was negotiated outside of the national-level peace process as it deals with intercommunal, local conflict. The parties to this agreement are not part of the national-level peace negotiation framework.
Name of Locale
Alafia, Doukeire, and Salam municipalities, particularly the Timbuktu-Goundam axis
Nature of Locale
Region
GPS Lat/Long (DD)
16.648000, -3.244000
Participant type
International or transnational actor
Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
Mediator, facilitator or similar
Mediator or similar referred to
Mediator (references)
Mediator: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Type of mediator/facilitator/similar
International or transnational actor

Local issues

Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)

No specific mention.

Grievance List
Page 2, Preamble, Aware of the deterioration of the social fabric since the signing of the charter for peace on January 28, 2018, and that our disputes have taken a violent turn with the proliferation of weapons;
Cattle rustling/banditry

No specific mention.

Social cover

No specific mention.

Addendum to the January 2018 Charter for the consolidation of peace in the municipalities of Alafia, Douekire, and Salam:

Securing the movement of people on the Timbuktu-Goundam axis and concerted management of natural resources

March 2019

Preamble:

We, the communities of Alafia, Douekire, and Salam, hereinafter referred to as the parties;

Recognizing the value of the charter signed on January 28 in Douekire following talks in Timbuktu and Taoudeni, facilitated by the center for humanitarian dialogue;

Aware of the deterioration of the social fabric since the signing of the charter for peace on January 28, 2018, and that our disputes have taken a violent turn with the proliferation of weapons;

Conscious of the importance of the role of the monitoring committee set up under the charter of January 28, 2018, and wishing to support it;

Have met in Tintelout as part of the mediation undertaken for 1 month by the Center for humanitarian dialogue, in support of the charter of January 2018, and agree on the following.

Chapter I:

Commitments of the communities

Article 1:

commitments to secure movement

The Parties commit to working collectively to secure the movement of populations on the roads of their municipalities, and mainly on the Timbuktu-Goundam axis.

More specifically, the parties commit to:

Fighting against banditry in all its forms;

Encouraging young people to abandon all forms of self-policing

Dissociating themselves from young people who commit acts of violence

Investing in the success of the monitoring committee's missions towards securing movement.

Article 2:

commitments to managing tensions related to natural resources

To facilitate the implementation of paragraph 5 of the January 2018 charter, the parties agree to:

Establish a natural resource management charter

Investing in the success of the monitoring committee's work surrounding access to natural resources.

Chapter II:

Guarantees and support

Article 3:

To monitor the implementation of the commitments, the monitoring committee will be supported by a board of nine members (three nationals of Alafia, three from Douekire and three from Salam) who will be appointed by consensus from among the members of the committee.

This team will be responsible for:

Regularly updating the Parties on the progress made in implementing the commitments made under this Addendum in order to strengthen its scope;

Notifying the monitoring committee of behavior that could lead to non-compliance with the January 2018 Charter or this Addendum

Chapter III:

Final provisions

Article 4:

This Addendum comes into force from the date of signature.

Tintelout, March 09, 2019

Signed

For Alafia

[seven signed names in original document]

For Douékiré

[five signed names in original document]

For Salam

[ten signed names in original document]