Key texts and agreements
Maps
Acronyms and transliteration
Chronology
Profiles
Further reading
Acknowledgements
Accord Tajikistan project
Conflict in Tajikistan began to escalate during the break-up of the Soviet Union. By 1992 this Central Asian republic was engulfed in civil war. Different interest groups fought for control of the state and the principles that would guide it: secular or Islamic; democratic or authoritarian.
After more than three years of peace talks, a power-sharing agreement was signed in June 1997, establishing a joint Commission for National Reconciliation to oversee its implementation. By 2000, the Tajikistani government and the United Nations (UN) had declared the peace process a success.
Politics of compromise: the Tajikistan peace process (Accord issue 10, 2001) describes the aspirations of the parties to the conflict and explores the negotiation process leading to the 1997 General Agreement. It examines the role of the international community, led by the UN, and local civil society in reaching a negotiated peace settlement.
The publication takes an in-depth look at what was an exceptionally well-coordinated peace process, which can provide useful lessons for elsewhere. It also provides full texts of the main peace agreements, a chronology of the peace process and profiles of key people involved.
Catherine Barnes & Kamoludin Abdullaev, Accord issue 10
