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Withdrawal of Troops: National Pact

Implementations

Withdrawal of Troops – 1992

The Malian armies were not immediately removed from combat zones after National Pact was signed. In the initial phase, troops were not withdrawn from the North. Later in the year, some reductions were made.¹

Robin-Edward Poulton and Ibrahim ag Youssouf, A Peace in Timbuktu: Democratic Governance, Development and African Peacemaking (United Nations Publication, 1998), 67.

Withdrawal of Troops – 1993

Violence erupted between the movements and the Malian army and the withdrawal of troops did not take place.²

Ibid., 68.

Withdrawal of Troops – 1994

The withdrawal of troops did not take place and the army was engaged in fighting in the north.³

Ibid.

Withdrawal of Troops – 1995

Civil society became involved in the peace process in 1995. To create an environment suitable for dialogue and reconciliation, the president, in concord with the provisions of the peace agreement, organized the withdrawal of troops from the north. Many of the troops were confined to barracks.⁴

Ibid., 114.