Military Reform: Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan

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CHAPTER II: PERMANENT CEASEFIRE AND TRANSITIONAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

7. Unification of Forces

7.1 Upon Signing of this Agreement the Parties shall establish the shared Unified Command of the NDFSS immediately and its complete unification shall be completed within eighteen (18) months. The process of unification shall be overseen and monitored by the National Architecture described in Section 3.

Judiciary Reform: Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan

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CHAPTER I: TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY (TGoNU)

12. The Judiciary

12.1 The Judiciary of South Sudan shall be independent and subscribe to the principle of separation of powers and the supremacy of the rule of law, in accordance with the TCRSS, 2011.

12.2 There shall be reforms of the judiciary that shall include but not be limited to the review of the Judiciary Act during the Transition. Notwithstanding, efforts shall be made to build the capacity of the judicial, personnel, and infrastructure.

Internally Displaced Persons: Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan

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CHAPTER III. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION

1. Agreed Principles for Humanitarian Assistance and Reconstruction

1.1 During the Pre-Transitional Period, the GRSS and the South Sudan Armed Opposition shall create an enabling political, administrative, operational and legal environment for the delivery of humanitarian assistance and protection. In addition to the Permanent Ceasefire obligation described in Chapter II, the GRSS, the South Sudan Armed Opposition shall ensure:

1.1.2 The right of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to return in safety and dignity and to be afforded physical, legal and psychological protections;

1.1.3 The rights of returnees shall be respected in accordance with the Bill of Rights as provided for in the Transitional Constitution (TCRSS). Given that, efforts shall be made to assist in the re-unification of family members who were separated during the conflict;

1.1.4 The right of refugees and IDPs to citizenship and the establishment mechanisms for registration and appropriate identification and/or documentation of affected populations including their children, spouses, property, land and other possessions which might have been lost during the conflict;

1.1.5 Exercise of the right of refugees and IDPs to return to their places of origin and/or live in areas of their choice in safety and dignity;

1.2 During the Transition, the TGoNU shall:

1.2.1 Institute programs for relief, protection, repatriation, resettlement, reintegration and rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees, in coordination with the United Nations and other relief and humanitarian agencies;

Electoral/Political Party Reform: Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan

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CHAPTER 1: TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY (TGoNU)

16. National Elections

16.1 The National Constitutional Amendment Committee (NCAC) shall review the Political Parties Act, 2012, and ensure that the Act complies with international best practices for the free and democratic registration of Political Parties in South Sudan, no later than six (6) months after the signing of this Agreement and present to the Assembly for adoption. The Act shall permit the open registration of Parties until the twelve (12) months prior to National Elections.

16.3 The National Elections Act, 2012 shall be amended to conform with the terms of this Agreement, no later than six (6) months following the signature on this Agreement.

Development: Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan

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CHAPTER IV. RESOURCE, ECONOMIC AD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

2. Institutional Reforms

2.2 Ministry of Finance and Planning

2.2.1 The Ministry of Finance and Planning shall:

2.2.1.1 develop, within nine (9) months of the signing of this Agreement, a Strategic Economic Development Roadmap (national development of three to five (3-5) years to accelerate progress in achieving a sustainable and resilient national economy in collaboration and coordination with an inter-ministerial departments and where appropriate, with development partners

7. Enterprise Development Fund

7.1 The TGONU shall:-

7.1.1 identify local, national, sectoral or private sector associations with the view to improving their productivity/efficiency through capacity enhancement and easing access to financing.

7.1.2 develop Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) among rural populations and the urban poor, including but not limited to South Sudan farmers associations, dairy producers associations, poultry producers associations, national private companies in the areas of supply, general trade, construction, and others;

7.1.3 implement the recommendations of the Private Sector Development Strategy (PSDS) developed jointly between the South Sudan Business Forum and Ministry of Commerce and Trade;

7.1.4 establish a Youth Enterprise Development Fund with the goal to bring more youth into economic growth and development;

7.1.5 establish a Women Enterprise Development Fund for provision of subsidized credit for women-based enterprise development and capacity building of women entrepreneurs;

7.1.6 establish micro-finance institutions;

7.1.7 promote social welfare development policy;

7.1.8 establish Social Security Fund;

7.1.9 shall provide subsidized credit and capacity building for vulnerable members of the society;

7.1.10 Coordinate enterprise related skills and technology transfer;

Disarmament: Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan

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CHAPTER II: PERMANENT CEASEFIRE AND TRANSITIONAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

1. Permanent Ceasefire

1.6 The warring parties agree that all non-state security actors including, but not limited to Sudanese Revolutionary Forces (SPLM-North, JEM, SLA-Minawi, SLA-Abdulwahid) shall be disarmed, demobilized and repatriated by the state actors with whom they have been supporting within the Pre-Transitional Period.

2. Separation, Assembly and Cantonment

2.1 The warring parties agree to the separation, assembly and cantonment of their forces previously in combat within thirty (30) days of the signing of this Agreement to enable personnel, weapons and equipment accountability, screening, re-organization and/or disarmament and demobilization. Forces in cantonment shall receive non-military logistical supply including food, shelter and access to medical care.

2.2 The warring parties agree that the forces that shall be cantoned shall be those forces previously in combat in Juba, Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile States, and any other forces related to the conflict in other areas that are declared by the warring Parties during the Permanent Ceasefire Arrangements workshop.

2.4 Within ninety (90) days of the signing of this Agreement, the following activities shall be conducted in the assembly/cantonment sites by the (MVM, AU, UNMISS, Parties):

2.4.10 Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) activities;

7. Unification of Forces

7.2 The Disarmament, Demobilization and Re-Integration of special needs cases shall be undertaken in parallel with the re-unification processes while the full process of DDR for ineligible candidates or residual forces as defined by the result of SDSR shall be conducted after the re-unification is completed.

Detailed Timeline: Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan

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CHAPTER I: TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY (TGoNU)

1. Establishment, Seat and Term of TGoNU

1.2 The Transitional Period shall commence 90 days after signing of this Agreement and the term of office shall be thirty (30) months preceded by ninety (90) days of a Pre-transitional Period.

APPENDIX 1: TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN

APPENDIX III: PERMANENT CEASEFIRE AND TRANSITIONAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS (MATRIX)

APPNDIX IV: HMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION

APPENDIX V: RESOURCE, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

 

Demobilization: Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan

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CHAPTER II: PERMANENT CEASEFIRE AND TRANSITIONAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

1. Permanent Ceasefire

1.6 The warring parties agree that all non-state security actors including, but not limited to Sudanese Revolutionary Forces (SPLM-North, JEM, SLA-Minawi, SLA-Abdulwahid) shall be disarmed, demobilized and repatriated by the state actors with whom they have been supporting within the Pre-Transitional Period.

2. Separation, Assembly and Cantonment

2.1 The warring parties agree to the separation, assembly and cantonment of their forces previously in combat within thirty (30) days of the signing of this Agreement to enable personnel, weapons and equipment accountability, screening, re-organization and/or disarmament and demobilization. Forces in cantonment shall receive non-military logistical supply including food, shelter and access to medical care.

2.2 The warring parties agree that the forces that shall be cantoned shall be those forces previously in combat in Juba, Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile States, and any other forces related to the conflict in other areas that are declared by the warring Parties during the Permanent Ceasefire Arrangements workshop.

2.4 Within ninety (90) days of the signing of this Agreement, the following activities shall be conducted in the assembly/cantonment sites by the (MVM, AU, UNMISS, Parties):

2.4.10 Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) activities;

7. Unification of Forces

7.2 The Disarmament, Demobilization and Re-Integration of special needs cases shall be undertaken in parallel with the re-unification processes while the full process of DDR for ineligible candidates or residual forces as defined by the result of SDSR shall be conducted after the re-unification is completed.

Decentralization/Federalism: Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan

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1. The TGoNU shall initiate and oversee a Permanent Constitution-making Process, during the Transitional Period. The Permanent Constitution-making Process shall be based on the principles of:

1.2. Initiate a Federal and democratic system of government that reflects the character of South Sudan in its various institutions taken together, guarantees good governance, constitutionalism, rule of law, human rights, gender equity and affirmative action;

Cultural Protections: Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan

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CHAPTER VI. PARAMETERS OF PERMANENT CONSTITUTION

 

1. The TGoNU shall initiate and oversee a Permanent Constitution-making Process, during the Transitional Period. The Permanent Constitution-making Process shall be based on the

principles of:

1.5. Respecting ethnic and regional diversity and communal rights, including the right of communities to preserve their history, develop their language, promote their culture and expression of their identities;