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Lomé Agreement summary

Lomé Agreement summary

Ceasefire


(Part I, articles 1–2)


• Immediate end to armed conflict between government forces and the RUF


• Establishment of Ceasefire Monitoring Group and Joint Monitoring Commission to monitor the ceasefire


Power-sharing


(Part 2, articles 3–5)


• Transformation of the RUF into a political party


• RUF members to be allowed to hold public office


• Formation of broad-based government of national unity including RUF


Reconciliation


(Parts 2–3, articles 6–9)


• Establishment of Commission for the Consolidation of Peace


• Government control of natural resources


• Council of Elders and Religious Leaders to resolve any differences


• Pardon for Sankoh


• Pardon and amnesty for RUF, ex-AFRC, ex-SLA or CDF combatants


Constitution


(Parts 3, articles 10–12)


• Establishment of Constitutional Review Committee


• Commitment to constitutional elections


• National Electoral Commission to be established


Military


(Part 4, articles 13–20)


• New mandates for ECOMOG and UNOMSIL


• Guaranteed safety, security and freedom of movement for peacekeeping personnel


• All ex-combatants to be disarmed, demobilised and reintegrated


• New national army to include ex-RUF, CDF and SLA combatants


• Withdrawal of all mercenaries from Sierra Leone


• Joint Monitoring Commission to be informed of location/strength of combatants and unexploded devices


• All combatants to be notified of their responsibilities under the Agreement


Human rights


(Part 5, articles 21–31)


• Unconditional and immediate release of prisoners-of-war and abductees


• Voluntary repatriation and reintegration of refugees and internally displaced persons


• Rights to asylum fully respected


• Full protection of rights within Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights


• Establishment of a national Human Rights Commission


• Truth and Reconciliation Commission to be established, dealing with human rights violations since 1991


• Sierra Leone government to ask for international humanitarian assistance


• Programme of post-war resettlement, rehabilitation and reconstruction started with special attention given to women


• Design and implementation of a programme for the rehabilitation of war victims


• Special attention paid to child combatants


• Commitment to free compulsory education and affordable primary healthcare


Implementation


(Parts 6–8, articles 32–37)


• Joint Implementation Committee to be established


• Request for formal international involvement in the Agreement, where appropriate


• Moral guarantors stated as Government of Togolese Republic, the UN, the OAU, ECOWAS and the Commonwealth of Nations


• Call for international support for the Agreement


• Commitment to register and publish the Agreement


• Statement of the Agreement coming into immediate force


 

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