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Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali emanating from the Algiers process

United Nations
Security Council

S/2015/364

Distr.: General
22 May 2015
English
Original: French

Identical letters dated 19 May 2015 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Mali to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council

I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali emanating from the Algiers process, which was signed at Bamako on 15 May 2015 (see annex).

I should be grateful if you would have the present letter and its annex circulated as a document of the Security Council.

(Signed) Dianguina dit Yaya Doucouré

Annex to the identical letters dated 19 May 2015 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Mali to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council

Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali emanating from the Algiers process

Preamble

We, the Government of the Republic of Mali and the signatory movements to the road map signed at Algiers on 24 July 2014, hereinafter referred to as "the Parties",

Having met in Algiers in the framework of the negotiation process set out in the road map, with a view to reaching an Agreement to bring about a comprehensive and lasting peace that will put a definitive end to the crisis in the northern regions of Mali, referred to by some as the Azawad,

Expressing our sincere gratitude to Algeria, as head of the mediation team, and to the members of the mediation team, namely the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the European Union (EU), the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the United Nations, and Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, the Niger and Nigeria,

Having studied in depth the situation in Mali in general and the nature of the periodic crises occurring in the northern regions of Mali in particular,

Determined to eliminate definitively the underlying causes of the current situation and to promote genuine national reconciliation through a reappropriation of history in a spirit of national unity that respects the human diversity of the Malian nation,

Convinced of the need to reconstruct the national unity of the country on a new foundation; one which respects the territorial integrity of the country and recognizes its ethnic and cultural diversity as well as its special geographic and socioeconomic conditions,

Recognizing the need to accelerate economic, social and cultural development in northern Mali through a tailored approach,

Recognizing the need for governance that takes into account the special geohistorical and sociocultural circumstances of the northern regions, whose history has been marked by challenges that have profoundly affected the living conditions of their inhabitants,

Recognizing the need to urgently restore security, to promote sustainable peace and stability in the country and to put into practice the rules on good governance, transparent management, respect for human rights and justice, and measures to combat impunity,

Recognizing the need to combat terrorism and transnational organized crime,

Reiterating our commitment to the relevant African and international instruments,

Bearing in mind earlier agreements, as well as the difficulties encountered with regard to their implementation and monitoring,

Have agreed as follows:

Part I
Principles, commitments and foundations for a lasting settlement of the conflict

Chapter 1
Principles and commitments

Article 1: The Parties reiterate their commitment to the following principles, in line with the road map:

    (a) Respect for the national unity, territorial integrity, sovereignty and the republican and secular character of the State of Mali;

    (b) Recognition and promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity and recognition of the value of the contribution of all sections of Malian society, particularly women and youth, to the work of national construction;

    (c) The ability of people to manage their own affairs by means of a governance system that takes into account their aspirations and specific needs;

    (d) Promotion of balanced development across all the regions of Mali, taking into account the potential of each;

    (e) The rejection of violence as a form of political expression and the use of dialogue and consultation to resolve differences;

    (f) Respect for human rights, human dignity and fundamental and religious freedoms;

    (g) Action to combat corruption and impunity;

    (h) Action to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and other forms of transnational organized crime.

Article 2: The Parties undertake to implement fully and in good faith the provisions of the present Agreement and recognize their primary responsibility in that regard.

Article 3: The institutions of the State of Mali shall, in close consultation with the Parties and with the support of the Monitoring Committee provided for by the present Agreement, take the necessary action to ensure that any regulatory, legislative and constitutional measures required for the implementation of this Agreement are adopted.

Article 4: The provisions of the present Agreement that are applicable at the national level shall be implemented as a matter of priority in the northern regions of Mali, without prejudice to the specific measures agreed upon for that area of the country. These provisions are also applicable to the rest of the country.

Chapter 2
Foundations for a lasting settlement of the conflict

Article 5: The present Agreement aims to create the necessary conditions for a just and lasting peace that will contribute to subregional stability and international security. It sets out the agreed terms for the settlement of the conflict, as follows:

The term "Azawad"

The term "Azawad" relates to the sociocultural and symbolic reality and the collective memory of various groups in northern Mali, who are part of the national community. A common understanding of this term, which also reflects a human reality, should form the basis of the required consensus while fully respecting the unitary character and territorial integrity of the State of Mali.

Measures to achieve peace and national reconciliation

The sociopolitical aspect of the cyclical crises in northern Mali must be addressed at the political level. In that regard, a national reconciliation conference shall take place during the interim period, with the support of the Monitoring Committee and with equitable representation of the Parties, to provide an opportunity for the different sections of the Malian nation to discuss in depth the underlying causes of the conflict. Matters discussed shall include the issue of the Azawad. The conference should identify the elements of a solution that would allow Mali to overcome this painful trial, to recognize the value of the contribution of the various sections of its society to the country's identity and to promote genuine national reconciliation. A Charter for Peace, Unity and National Reconciliation shall be drawn up on the basis of a consensus in order to address the aspects of the crisis in Mali that are related to collective memory, identity and history and to cement its national unity and territorial integrity.

Measures to improve governance

In addition to the above-mentioned measures, the definitive settlement of the conflict will require a system of governance that takes into account local circumstances and is based on:

    - The implementation of institutional architecture based on territorial collectivities with their own governing bodies, which shall be elected through universal suffrage and possess extensive authority.

    - The ability of people in the regions concerned to manage their own affairs through a system of decentralized administration.

    - Increased representation of the northern communities within the national institutions.

    - Strengthening of the rule of law through improved access to justice.

    - Implementation of a defence and security system based on the principles of unity, inclusiveness and equitable representation.

    - Active and significant participation of communities, particular those in the north, in the management of local security.

    - Progressive redeployment of the reconstituted armed and security forces of Mali.

    - Establishment of a Northern Development Zone with an Interregional Advisory Council and a Specific Development Strategy relevant to the sociocultural and geographic realities and the climate of the region, which will receive a significant amount of its funding from a sustainable development fund supported by domestic public resources and international contributions.

    - Commitment from the international community to ensure the effective implementation of and respect for the provisions of the present Agreement and to assist efforts in that regard through political, diplomatic, financial, technical and logistical support.

    - An interim period to commence upon signature of this Agreement.

Part II
Political and institutional matters

Chapter 3
Institutional framework and territorial reorganization

Article 6: The Parties agree to establish an institutional architecture that allows the communities of the North to manage their own affairs in a spirit of full citizen participation, on the basis of the principle of decentralized administration, and in a way that ensures increased representation for those communities within national institutions. To that purpose, the following provisions shall be applied:

At the local level

    - The region shall have a Regional Assembly that shall be elected by direct universal suffrage, granted wide-ranging authorities and resources, and invested with the appropriate legal, administrative and financial powers.

    - The various communities of Mali, in particular those of the northern regions, shall, within that framework, manage their own affairs on the basis of the principle of decentralized administration.

    - The President of the Assembly shall be elected by direct universal suffrage. He shall serve as both chief executive and chief administrator of the region.

    - The administrative divisions "cercles" and "communes" shall have legislative bodies (Cercle Councils and Commune Councils) that shall be elected by direct universal suffrage and presided over by executive offices headed by a council president and an elected mayor.

    - Each region shall have the right to adopt the official name of its choosing in accordance with the provisions relating to the legal status and operation of the regions.

At the national level

    - Resume and expedite the process of establishing a second parliamentary chamber that shall be called by the name of Senate, National Council, or any other term that adequately reflects its nature and role, and that shall serve as an institution the function and composition of which promote the purposes of the present Agreement.

    - Enhance the representation of the communities in the National Assembly by increasing the number of electoral districts and/or any other appropriate measures.

    - In the short term, take measures to improve access to the High Council of Collectives by traditional leaders, women and young people.

    - Ensure greater representation for the communities of northern Mali in the institutions and main public services, entities and agencies of the Republic.

Chapter 4
Distribution of powers and authorities

Article 7: The Parties recognize the need for roles and responsibilities to be shared between the State and the territorial collectivities, in order to ensure the necessary level of efficiency and to address the needs and demands of citizens and communities at the grass-roots level.

Article 8: The regions shall, within a framework established through legislative and regulatory means, have authority in the following matters:

    (a) Economic, social and cultural development planning and programmes;

    (b) Land management;

    (c) Establishment and management of collective infrastructure and basic social services (basic education, vocational training, health, environment, culture, regional road and communications infrastructure, energy, water and sanitation;

    (d) Agriculture, livestock, fisheries, forestry,, transportation, business, industry, handicrafts, tourism and interregional transportation;

    (e) Regional administrative budgets and accounts;

    (f) Establishment and implementation of their own taxes and revenues on the basis of guidelines set by the State;

    (g) Establishment of fees;

    (h) Accepting or refusing of grants, subsidies and bequests;

    (i) Subsidy allocation;

    (j) Equity investments;

    (k) Decentralized cooperation and twinning projects;

    (l) Local policing and civil protection.

Article 9: Legislative actions taken by the territorial collectivities shall be enforceable upon their publication and transmission to a representative of the State. The distribution of authorities among the various territorial collectivities shall be determined by law on the basis of the principle of subsidiarity.

Chapter 5
State representation and legal oversight

Article 10: The State shall appoint a representative to the territorial collectivities for the purpose of safeguarding the public interest. In that capacity, he shall transmit the policy of the Government on major projects and facilitate economic and social development and land management policies.

Article 11: Through its representative, the State shall exercise ex post facto legal oversight over administrative actions taken by the territorial collectivities. The conditions for the exercise of such oversight shall be defined by law.

Article 12: Without prejudice to the role of the State within the framework of its sovereign powers, the Parties agree on the need for consultation between the State and the regions on the following:

    - Implementation of development projects decided on by the State and the relevant public or private entities.

    - Exploitation of natural resources, and in particular mining.

    - All other matters related to implementation of this Agreement.

Chapter 6
Funding and mechanisms

Article 13: In addition to setting tax rates, fees and local taxes as provided for in article 8 of the present Agreement, every region shall have scope to establish taxes in accordance with its economic structure and development objectives within the framework of the law.

Article 14: The State undertakes to establish, by the year 2018, a mechanism for the transfer of 30 per cent of State revenues to the territorial collectivities based on an equitable distribution system with special attention paid to the northern regions in accordance with criteria to be determined.

Article 15: The State shall reimburse the relevant territorial collectivities for a percentage of revenues deriving from exploitation of natural resources in their territories, in particular from mining, in accordance with criteria to be determined by mutual agreement.

Article 16: The State undertakes:

    - To transfer to the governments of the territorial collectivities decentralized services within their spheres of competence.

    - To make civil service employment in the territorial collectivities more desirable, especially in the northern regions of Mali.

    - To promote civil service recruitment in the territorial collectivities, with a majority of posts reserved for citizens of the northern regions.

Part III
Defence and security matters

Chapter 7
Guiding principles

Article 17: Defence and security matters shall be governed by the following principles:

    - Inclusiveness and meaningful representation of all the communities of Mali within the ranks of the armed and security forces.

    - The unity of the armed and security forces of Mali, reporting organizationally and hierarchically to the central State.

    - Progressive redeployment of the reconstituted armed and security forces in Mali.

Chapter 8
Cantonment, integration into State forces, and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration

Article 18: The process of cantonment of combatants is aimed at identifying combatants eligible for either integration into State forces or the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme. That process shall be carried out in accordance with established professional standards and practices, with the support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

Article 19: The Parties agree to establish a national disarmament, demobilization and reintegration commission, which shall include representatives of the Government and the signatory movements. That commission shall work in close cooperation with the Monitoring Committee of the present Agreement.

Article 20: Integration and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration shall take place in tandem with the cantonment of combatants with a view to either integration into duly constituted corps of the State, including within the armed and security forces, or reintegration into civilian life. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration shall be implemented for barracked ex-combatants who are not selected for integration.

Chapter 9
Redeployment of the armed and security forces

Article 21: The reconstituted armed and security forces shall be redeployed throughout the northern regions in a phased manner starting from the signing of the Agreement. That redeployment shall be conducted under the direction of an Operational Coordination Mechanism with the support of MINUSMA.

Article 22: The redeployed forces should include a substantial number of personnel from the northern regions, including in positions of command, with a view to building confidence and facilitating the gradual restoration of security to those areas.

Chapter 10
Reorganization of the armed and security forces

Article 23: The Parties agree on the need to undertake an in-depth security sector reform (SSR), drawing on the lessons of past experience and relying on relevant African Union and United Nations documents.

Article 24: The Government shall, with the assistance of international partners, take all necessary measures for the establishment of suitable defence and security institutions to respond to the security needs of the country and to contribute to the promotion of regional security.

Article 25: The Parties agree to establish a National Council for Security Sector Reform that is adequately representative in bringing together members from the various communities, with a view to embarking on in-depth consideration of a new national vision of security and defence that takes into account all relevant local, regional, national and international factors.

Article 26: The National Council for Security Sector Reform shall make recommendations for innovative mechanisms with regard to appointments to major command and services posts, with a view to reinforcing national cohesion, as well as the professionalism and effectiveness of such posts.

Article 27: In the context of the reform of the armed and security forces, a police force shall be established under the authority of the territorial collectivities within the framework of their police powers.

Article 28: Local advisory security committees that bring together representatives of the State, regional and local authorities, community leaders and traditional authorities shall be established under the authority of the local chief executive.

Chapter 11
Counter-terrorism efforts

Article 29: The Parties reiterate their commitment to combating terrorism and its numerous links with organized crime and drug trafficking, including through existing regional mechanisms and strategies.

Article 30: The Parties agree to establish, as needed, special units for the purpose of combating terrorism and transnational organized crime.

Part IV
Socioeconomic and cultural development

Chapter 12 Specific Development Strategy

Article 31: The Parties agree that the State must reorient its vision for local development towards better equipping local communities to design their own development strategies. Such strategies should involve a participative approach that is based on solidarity and tailored to local sociocultural and geographic realities. Transparency and accountability must also be ensured at all levels.

Article 32: Two or more regions may, under conditions determined by the law, set up appropriate bodies to better promote their economic and social development, within the scope of their competences as defined in the present Agreement.

Article 33: A Northern Development Zone comprising representatives of the concerned Regional Assemblies shall be created. Its sole responsibilities shall be coordinating efforts and combining resources in order to accelerate socioeconomic development in the region, and other related matters.

Article 34: A Specific Development Strategy for the Northern Development Zone shall be developed jointly by the Parties, with the support of international partners. A significant amount of its funding shall come from a sustainable development fund.

Article 35: The purpose of the Strategy is to bring the development indicators of the northern regions up to the same level as those of the rest of country within a time frame of no more than 10 or 15 years. Implementation of the Strategy shall be monitored by the Northern Development Zone Advisory Council, with the support of the competent institutions and authorities.

Article 36: The Parties agree that a joint evaluation mission in northern Mali ("MIEC/Nord Mali") shall be conducted, under the aegis of the Agreement Monitoring Committee, in order to identify needs in terms of early recovery, poverty reduction and development in the Northern Development Zone. The mission shall take place no later than three months from the signature of this Agreement. The World Bank, the African Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank shall be invited to conduct the mission, in cooperation with the Government, the other competent international institutions and representatives of the Northern Development Zone.

Article 37: A pledging conference shall be held within two months of the drawing up of the Specific Development Strategy. The conference shall establish a sustainable development fund to serve as a funding mechanism for the Strategy.

Chapter 13
Mobilization of resources for northern development

Article 38: The Northern Development Zone shall be the priority beneficiary of the State support measures provided for in the present Agreement.

The Parties agree to implement all short, medium and long-term measures mentioned in the annex on socioeconomic and cultural development.

When the Agreement monitoring committee begins its sessions, the Government shall submit a document detailing its commitments, the resources it intends to provide and the timetable for implementing the commitments undertaken, including those in the following areas:

    - Basic social services

    - Human resources development

    - Food security

    - Rural development (agriculture, livestock and pastoral activities)

    - Structural infrastructure to connect the northern regions with the rest of the country

    - Mining and solar energy

    - Employment, particularly for women, young people and ex-combatants

    - Local business creation

    - Reintegration and rehabilitation of returnees, displaced persons and other vulnerable groups

    - Handicrafts, tourism, business and communications

    - Education and culture

Article 39: The Parties agree to take the following measures in the areas of education and culture:

    - To adapt teaching curricula to regional sociocultural realities.

    - To promote local languages and scripts.

    - To strengthen the primary and secondary education systems, with a particular emphasis on universal education.

    - To establish institutions of higher education.

    - To create cultural centres and regional museums.

    - To promote the cultures of these regions at the local, national and international levels.

Article 40: A regional development agency shall be established in each region to build programme management capacity and enable appropriate monitoring of the implementation of the commitments undertaken by the Government to benefit the regions.

The agencies shall form part of the administration framework of their respective regions and shall fall under the authority of the president of their respective regional assemblies.

Article 41: Programme agreements on the implementation of multi-year high-impact investment programmes and the regulation of State obligations in terms of economic and social development shall be concluded between the regions and the State.

Article 42: The State undertakes to facilitate greater participation of the territorial collectivities in the mobilization and use of revenue and grants generated by the exploration and exploitation of local natural resources, and dividends from decentralized cooperation, as well as in the formulation of the related economic agreements entered into by the State.

Article 43: The State undertakes to promote local cross-border cooperation initiatives. Measures shall be taken to ensure that territorial collectivities are involved to the proper extent in the development, conclusion, implementation and monitoring of loan and development aid agreements that concern them.

Article 44: A periodic review of the development programmes shall be carried out by the technical and financial partners, under the aegis of the monitoring committee.

Article 45: All international actors that have developed strategies or initiatives for the Sahel are encouraged to give due priority to the needs of the northern regions of Mali and to take into account the essential role of rapidly bringing stability to these regions in order to ensure regional peace and security.

Part V
Reconciliation, justice and humanitarian issues

Chapter 14
Reconciliation and justice

Article 46: The Parties agree to promote genuine national reconciliation based on the following actions:

    - Elaboration of a national charter for peace, unity and reconciliation.

    - Implementation of transitional justice mechanisms, including through the operationalization of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC).

    - Creation of an Anti-Corruption and Financial Crime Commission.

    - Establishment of an International Commission of Inquiry to investigate all war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, sex crimes, drug trafficking and other serious violations of international law, human rights and international humanitarian law throughout Mali.

    - Reaffirmation of the imprescriptibility of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and a commitment by the Parties to cooperate with the International Commission of Inquiry.

    - Denial of amnesty for perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity or serious violations of human rights, including violence against women, girls and children, in armed conflict.

    - Strengthening of the judiciary in order to ensure the rule of law throughout the territory.

    - A commitment to comprehensive justice reform that will improve access to justice, enhance the performance of the justice system, end impunity and incorporate traditional and customary mechanisms, without prejudice to the sovereign rights of the State.

    - Expansion of access to legal and judicial assistance and information on citizens' rights.

    - Promotion of high-quality training for all legal actors and officials, including cadis.

    - Enhancement of the role of cadis in the administration of justice, particularly in the context of civil mediation, in order to take into account specific cultural, religious and customary circumstances.

    - Incorporation of traditional authorities and consideration of those authorities in the rules of protocol and precedence, in order to enhance their status.

Chapter 15
Humanitarian issues

Article 47: The Parties undertake to create the conditions necessary to facilitate the rapid return, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration of all displaced persons and refugees and to implement mechanisms to care for those persons, in accordance with the relevant African and international instruments, including the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and the 2009 African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention).

Article 48: The Parties invite humanitarian agencies and organizations to support efforts to ensure the rapid return, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration of all displaced persons and refugees.

Article 49: The Parties undertake to promote and respect the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence that guide humanitarian action. They also commit to preventing humanitarian aid from being used for political, economic or military ends; facilitating access for humanitarian organizations; and ensuring the safety of the staff of those organizations.

Part VI
International guarantees and assistance

Chapter 16
Responsibilities of the Parties

Article 50: The Parties recognize that the most important element in making the Agreement a success is their sincerity and good faith and their commitment to accept the content of the Agreement and to work to implement all of its provisions, in the interests of national reconciliation as well as peace, security and stability in Mali and throughout the region.

Article 51: The Parties request political authorities and civil society, especially women's and youth organizations, the media, traditional communicators and traditional and religious authorities, to lend their full support to the achievement of objectives set out in the Agreement.

Chapter 17
Role of the mediation team

Article 52: The mediation team, under the leadership of Algeria, is the political guarantor of the Agreement and of the respect of its provisions by the Parties. As such, it shall:

    - Continue to provide good offices to the Parties.

    - Advise the Parties during the implementation process, as needed.

    - Be available as a last resort to address any serious political or moral difficulties liable to undermine the objectives and aims of the present Agreement.

Article 53: The mediation team shall actively participate in advocacy at the international level for the full implementation of this Agreement and the mobilization of the necessary support for Mali.

Chapter 18
Role of the international community

Article 54: The international community is the guarantor of the scrupulous implementation of the present Agreement and is urged to support efforts in that regard. Specifically:

    - The United Nations, AU, ECOWAS, EU, OIC and other international partners undertake to lend their full political support to the Agreement.

    - The African Union Peace and Security Council and the United Nations Security Council are invited to give the Agreement their full support, to closely monitor its implementation and, if necessary, to take measures against anyone hindering the implementation of the commitments contained therein or the realization of its objectives.

    - The international community is called upon to support the implementation of the Agreement by providing the necessary financial, technical and logistical support for the functioning of the various mechanisms provided for in the Agreement, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, security sector reform and efforts to combat terrorism and organized crime. It is also urged to contribute promptly and generously to the envisaged trust fund and to seize the opportunity offered by the pledging conference provided for in the Agreement to make a significant contribution to the development of the northern regions.

Article 55: The Parties agree to establish a monitoring and evaluation mechanism involving all relevant Malian stakeholders and international partners.

Article 56: In the realization of the objectives of the present Agreement, the crucial role and significant contributions of MINUSMA and United Nations agencies and programmes, as well as those of any other inter-State organization or entity, shall fall within the mandates given to them by the competent bodies.

Chapter 19
Agreement Monitoring Committee

Article 57: The Parties agree that a Monitoring Committee for the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali shall be created by the signing of the Agreement.

Article 58: The Committee shall be composed of the Government of Mali, the signatory movements to the present Agreement and the mediation team (chaired by Algeria and also comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, the Niger, the African Union, ECOWAS, the European Union, OIC and the United Nations). The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are invited to participate in the work of the Committee. The Committee may also invite other international actors and financial institutions to participate in its work, as needed.

Article 59: Algeria, the head of the mediation team, shall chair the Committee, assisted by Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania and the Niger as Vice-Chairs. The Committee shall be based in Bamako. It may exceptionally meet elsewhere, if it deems it necessary. It shall hold plenary meetings at least once a month and may call special meetings as needed.

Article 60: The Committee shall carry out the following tasks:

    - Monitor, oversee, supervise and coordinate the effective implementation by the Parties of all provisions of the Agreement, without prejudice to the mandate given to MINUSMA by the Security Council.

    - Draw up and ensure adherence to a detailed timeline for the implementation of the relevant provisions of the Agreement.

    - Interpret provisions of the Agreement in the event of disagreement between the Parties.

    - Reconcile the points of view of the Parties, if necessary.

    - Encourage the Government to take all measures deemed necessary for the effective implementation of the Agreement, including:

      (i) Establishment of devolved and decentralized public services in the north;
      (ii) Swift adoption of constitutional, legislative and regulatory texts to enable implementation of the provisions of the Agreement;
      (iii) Transfer to the territorial collectivities of the resources necessary for them to function effectively and exercise their powers;
      (iv) Measures to enable local ownership of the new democratic mechanisms agreed upon in the Agreement, including updating electoral registers, encouraging registration for and voting in local elections and supporting the establishment of the new institutions and procedures.

Article 61: MINUSMA shall lead the secretariat of the Committee, within the limits of its mandate and capacities. In cooperation with the African Union Mission for Mali and the Sahel, OIC, the European Union and ECOWAS, it shall assist the Committee in monitoring the implementation of the Agreement.

Article 62: To fulfil its mandate, the Committee shall establish four subcommittees, each of which shall be responsible for one of the following thematic areas: political and institutional matters; defence and security; economic, social and cultural development; and reconciliation, justice and humanitarian issues.

Chapter 20
Independent observation

Article 63: The Parties agree that an independent observer shall be appointed by the Committee to objectively evaluate progress towards implementing the present Agreement.

Every four months the observer shall publish a comprehensive report on the implementation of the commitments undertaken in the Agreement. The report shall identify any impediments, determine responsibility and recommend the steps to be taken.

Article 64: The independent observer shall receive all technical support required to fulfil its mandate.

Part VII
Final provisions

Article 65: The provisions of the present Agreement and its annexes may be modified only with the explicit consent of all signatories to the Agreement and following consultation with the Monitoring Committee.

Article 66: The annexes and the Declaration of the Parties to the Algiers process signed in Algiers on 19 February 2015 are integral to the Agreement and have the same legal force as the provisions contained in the body of the text.

Article 67: The Coordination and Platform groups of movements are understood to include all of the entities they comprised on the date of signature of the present Agreement. Those signing the Agreement in the name of the Coordination and the Platform do so in the name of each and every one of those entities.

Article 68: The present Agreement shall enter into force upon signature by the Parties and the mediation team.

Annex 1

Interim period

Pending implementation of the measures provided for in this Agreement, the interim measures below have been agreed. They must be implemented during an interim period that shall take effect upon signature of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali emanating from the Algiers process and last for 18 to 24 months.

The purpose of the interim period is to facilitate the establishment of conditions that will help bring reconciliation to the Malian people and lay the foundations for a new, democratic and united Mali through, inter alia, the promotion of peace, democracy and acceptance of cultural diversity. It will also provide an opportunity for the return, resettlement and reintegration of Malians living outside the national territory and the rehabilitation of victims.

Objectives and duration of the interim period

An interim period shall begin immediately upon the signing of the present Agreement. During this period, and pending the adoption and entry into force of the legal and governance provisions set forth in this Agreement, special measures concerning the administration of the northern regions of Mali shall be adopted and implemented. The objectives of these measures are:

    - To ensure the adoption of any regulatory, legislative and constitutional texts necessary for the implementation and operation of the new framework for the institutions and the political system, security and defence, economic, social and cultural development, justice and national reconciliation.

    - To revise the electoral law to ensure that elections are held at the local, regional and national levels during the interim period so that the bodies provided for in the present Agreement may be established.

    - To apply measures and arrangements to restore peace, end hostilities, and reform the defence and security forces in such a way as to increase their professionalism and republican character.

    - To ensure the adoption of the measures that have been agreed upon with a view to addressing the challenge of terrorism and extremism and preventing any resurgence of exclusion, marginalization or impunity.

    - To implement the Agreement in accordance with the implementation timeline.

To ensure continuity at the State level, the existing institutions shall continue to perform their functions until the bodies envisaged in the present Agreement are in place.

    - Administrative authorities responsible for the northern communes, cercles and regions shall be established during the interim period, where necessary and within three months of the signing of this Agreement. The names, powers and operational arrangements of those authorities shall be determined by consensual agreement of the Parties.

    - Constitutional, legislative and regulatory texts to enable implementation of the provisions of the Agreement shall be swiftly adopted.

    - The Government shall take all necessary measures to bring about the adoption of a new electoral law by the National Assembly within 12 months.

    - Regional and local elections to the bodies concerned by the present Agreement shall be held during the interim period, in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement and within 18 months.

Annex 2

Defence and security

I. Interim security measures

Under the auspices of the Defence and Security Subcommittee of the Monitoring Committee for the present Agreement, there shall be established a Technical Commission on Security along the lines of the Mixed Technical Commission on Security established under the Ouagadougou Agreement and expanded in Algiers on 16 September 2014.

(a) There will be active participation by representatives of the Government, the Coordination and the Platform in the Technical Commission on Security and in the expanded joint observation and verification teams, including the regional subunits.

    - The Mixed Technical Commission on Security will continue to perform its functions until the Technical Commission on Security is established.

    - The Technical Commission on Security shall include six representatives of the armed and security forces of Mali; three representatives of the Coordination; and three representatives of the Platform. It will include two representatives of MINUSMA (including the Chair of the Technical Commission on Security) and a representative of each member of the mediation team and of international forces on the ground.

    - The Technical Commission on Security shall be charged with the following duties:

    • To monitor the ceasefire between the Parties.
    • To investigate any ceasefire violations.
    • To update and verify security arrangements.
    • To initiate the identification and approval of sites for cantonment of ex-combatants.
    • To provide technical support for the integration of ex-combatants.

(b) An Operational Coordination Mechanism and joint patrols will be established.

    - Within 60 days of the signing of the Agreement, an Operational Coordination Mechanism and joint patrols shall be established under the Technical Commission on Security.

    - The Technical Commission on Security will submit detailed terms of reference for the Operational Coordination Mechanism, including its make-up and its tasks. Those terms of reference will, on an inclusive and consensual basis, determine the number of representatives of the armed and security forces, the Coordination, and the Platform within the Mechanism.

    - That mechanism will be coordinated by an officer of the armed and security forces, with the assistance of a representative of the Coordination and a representative of the Platform.

    - The Mechanism will work in close collaboration with international forces on the ground.

    - The Mechanism shall be charged with planning and carrying out joint patrols that will include elements of the armed and security forces of Mali and elements of the Coordination and the Platform, along with the support, where necessary and where possible, of MINUSMA and the international forces on the ground (with the procedures and schedule of the patrol of each area to be determined by the Mechanism). The first joint patrol should be conducted no later than 60 days after the signing of the Agreement.

    - The Mechanism shall also be charged with planning and coordinating all the activities and movements of combatants for the entire duration of the cantonment process.

    - Within 60 days of the signing of the Agreement, the Technical Commission on Security and the Operational Coordination Mechanism will submit an implementation plan for security arrangements in northern Mali, in which the joint patrols will play a critical role in providing security for the cantonment and assembly and demobilization process. That plan will have the goal of preventing/limiting any security vacuum before, during and after the cantonment, integration and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes.

(c) The cantonment of ex-combatants will be completed.

    - Within 30 days of the signing of the Agreement, the Technical Commission on Security will finalize the identification and approval of cantonment and assembly and demobilization sites. MINUSMA will begin outfitting those sites, which should be ready within a maximum period of 120 days and will be made available as construction is completed.

    - Within 30 days of the signing of the Agreement, the Technical Commission on Security will update the cantonment procedures of 18 February 2014 in accordance with the present Agreement and shall set an effective date for the commencement of the cantonment process.

    - Within 30 days of the signing of the Agreement, the movements will submit to the Technical Commission on Security a final and official list of their combatants and weapons on the basis of the principles set out in the updated procedures of 18 February 2014.

II. Integration of ex-combatants

Within 60 days of the signing of the Agreement, there shall be established a Commission on Integration.

    - The Commission on Integration, which will include representatives of the armed and security forces, the Coordination and the Platform, will work in close cooperation with the Monitoring Committee for this Agreement.

    - A decree will define the make-up, role and operation of the Commission on Integration under the authority of the President of the Republic, who will designate a competent and agreed-upon person to serve as its chair.

    - Within 90 days of the signing of the Agreement, the Commission on Integration, in coordination with the National Council for Security Sector Reform, will set forth criteria, quotas and conditions for the integration of combatants into duly constituted entities of the State, including within the armed and security forces, and for harmonization of ranks.

    - On that basis, the movements will submit lists of their combatants who are candidates for integration, and the Government will take the appropriate measures for their integration within a period not to exceed six months from the signing of the Agreement, under the supervision of the Commission on Integration and the National Council for Security Sector Reform.

    - The Commission on Integration, in coordination with the National Council for Security Sector Reform, will draft proposals for procedures for rank assignment and reclassification. Members of the movements who were formerly officers in the armed and security forces will be integrated at the same rank or higher. Those who do not meet the criteria or who choose not to be integrated will be eligible for a retirement pension, a proportional pension, a disability pension, or some other arrangement on a case-by-case basis.

III. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process

Within 60 days of the signing of the Agreement, there shall be established a National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission.

    - That Commission will work in close cooperation with the Monitoring Committee for the present Agreement.

    - A decree will define the make-up, role and operation of the Commission under the authority of the President of the Republic, who will designate a competent and mutually agreed person to serve as its chair.

    - The Commission will include a high-level political body, and technical subcommissions that will work in parallel and in cooperation, as well as operational units at the regional level.

    - The technical subcommissions will be made up of experts and representatives of the armed and security forces, the Coordination, the Platform, the relevant ministries, and the various communities.

    - Within 120 days of the signing of the Agreement, the Commission, in collaboration with the Agreement Monitoring Committee, will adopt an inclusive, coherent national disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme that is acceptable to all and includes the necessary resource mobilization.

    - The Commission will receive technical support from MINUSMA and other partners.

    - The operational costs of the Commission and regional branches will be borne by the Government with the support of its partners.

    - The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme will be implemented with the necessary support from all agencies of the State of Mali and its partners.

IV. Redeployment of the armed and security forces

Within 60 days of signing the Agreement, the Operational Coordination Mechanism, through the Technical Commission on Security, will submit to the Defence and Security Subcommittee of the Agreement Monitoring Committee, a detailed plan and timetable for the redeployment of the reconstituted armed and security forces to northern Mali.

    - That redeployment plan and timetable will be based on the plan for implementation of northern Mali security arrangements and should take into account the environment, any threats, and security needs.

    - The deployed reconstituted units will be fully equipped and authorized by the State of Mali.

    - The redeployment of the armed and security forces will take into account the need for protection of the communities, internal security, defence of territorial integrity, border security and counter-terrorism.

V. Reform of the defence and security sector

(a) Within 60 days of signing the Agreement, the decree establishing the National Council for Security Sector Reform will be revised in order to increase the representation of the signatory movements and the various communities, and to agree on reforms and an implementation plan.

    - Within 90 days of the signing of the Agreement, the National Council for Security Sector Reform will undertake a detailed assessment of the defence and security system with the support of partners, including consultation with the communities, with a view to identifying priority areas for reform in that sector.

    - The National Council for Security Sector Reform will also define the roles and responsibilities of various actors in the security sector, taking into account the diversity of geographic areas (towns, villages, the bush, desert areas, major traffic routes, necessary crossings, and border zones) and in accordance with desired objectives (including protection of the people, justice, enforcement of imprisonment and other judicial rulings, response to natural disasters, offensive actions, evidence collection, investigations, defence of territory, border control, intelligence, and supervision and oversight of security institutions).

    - The National Council for Security Sector Reform will work to enhance supervision and oversight of the armed and security forces at the national and local levels and to promote respect for the law and the rule of law.

(b) Establishment of territorial police

    - Within 12 months of the signing of the Agreement, a law establishing and defining the authorities of the new territorial police will be adopted. It will also define the relationship of the territorial police to the other security agencies and its make-up, recruitment procedures and training, in addition to reporting hierarchies and command and control procedures.

(c) Establishment of local security advisory committees

    - Within 60 days of the signing of the Agreement, local security advisory committees will be established by decree, initially at the regional level, and then at the communal level (with a local security advisory committee in each region based in the regional capital, and a local security advisory committee in each commune).

    - The local security advisory committees will include local security and judicial representatives, including from the new territorial police, as well as representatives of the communities, traditional and religious authorities, and members of civil society, including women's and youth associations. The local security advisory committees will issue guidance and recommendations for the local executive and security actors, and will contribute to information exchange, awareness-raising, and a better appreciation of the concerns of the communities.

    - The local security advisory committees shall meet at least once a month to assess the security situation and to formulate recommendations.

Annex 3

Economic, social and cultural development projects and actions to implement in the northern regions of Mali in the short, medium and long term

I. Interim measures

In accordance with the provisions set forth under chapter VI of the Agreement for the interim period, the following actions and projects identified by the Parties must be executed urgently and in order of priority for the benefit of the communities affected by the security situation in the northern regions of Mali:

1. Education and training

    - Organize the start of the 2015 school year in the Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal regions.

    - Update the condition-of-premises reports in those regions' school establishments.

    - Improve the operation of school cafeterias in 314 school establishments at the start of the school year by providing them with food and appropriate equipment.

    - Strengthen the efficiency of school establishments by:

    • Rehabilitating damaged establishments.
    • Providing such establishments with school materials (including recreational materials) and school kits.
    • Rapidly and effectively returning to the Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal regions all the teachers redeployed to other regions of Mali by creating incentives for their return.

    - Offer guidance to students admitted to the Fundamental Studies Diploma (Diplôme d'études fondamentales) programme in the Timbuktu and Gao academies.

    - Recruit contractual instructors for the duration of the operation.

    - Build and equip temporary learning spaces.

    - Register and provide assistance to those students admitted to the Baccalaureate examination in institutions of higher learning.

    - Mobilize and task the communities with promoting the return to and retention in school of children, particularly girls, in the affected areas.

    - Build and equip an agropastoral vocational training centre in Kidal and Timbuktu.

    - Restore the vocational training centre for the promotion of agriculture in the Sahel portion of the Gao region.

2. Health care

    - Improve the operation of health-care facilities (community health centres, referral health centres and regional hospitals) by:

    • Supplying them with the technical materials and equipment and health products so that they can offer a care package appropriate to their level.
    • Rehabilitating and equipping non-functional health-care centres in the regions of Gao (3), Timbuktu (3) and Kidal (5).

    - Arrange for the return of displaced social and health-care workers through the use of incentives (bonuses, settlement allowance, etc.) and safety measures.

    - Recruit and provide health-care centres with contractual medical staff in order to strengthen health-care services and improve health coverage throughout the operation.

    - Organize specialized medical care days (cardiology, ophthalmology and surgery) staffed by national hospital practitioners in regional hospitals.

    - Improve communities' financial access to health institutions by covering the health-care costs of indigent persons and repatriates.

    - Bolster the advanced strategic efforts in curative and preventive care carried out by mobile teams.

    - Implement screening, referral, counter-referral and care systems for children suffering from acute malnutrition.

    - Ensure epidemiological surveillance in the three regions and implement a response system.

    - Launch the construction and outfitting of the three community health-care centres and social assistance centres in Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu, respectively.

3. Water

    - Rehabilitating water points (drilled wells and pastoral wells)

    - Well drilling project in Kidal

    - Well drilling project in Gao

    - Cistern drilling project in Timbuktu

4. Revitalizing the local economy

Supporting the resumption of agricultural and livestock production by:

    - Revitalizing family and community agricultural activities.

    - Distributing agricultural inputs.

    - Organizing livestock vaccination and treatment campaigns.

    - Repairing motor pumps in developed areas.

    - Implementing revenue-generating activities for women and young people in the agriculture, animal husbandry, small business, fishing and handicrafts sectors.

Implementation parameters:

    - The Government undertakes to execute the actions and projects outlined above in a transparent manner, in concert with its partners in the Algiers process and the involvement of the communities concerned.

    - The Government commits to maximizing the financial and human resources necessary to implement these actions and projects, including by accepting financing offers from technical and financial partners.

    - The Subcommittee on Socioeconomic and Cultural Development Matters of the Monitoring Committee shall be responsible for monitoring and periodically evaluating the implementation of these actions and projects. The joint committee shall be composed of the Parties' representatives and the mediation team, with one representative from each Party. It may call on any person whose opinion shall be deemed useful to its work. It shall hold its meetings on an as-needed basis, on the initiative of the mediation team.

    - The international community is invited to strongly support the implementation of the actions and projects listed in this annex.

    - The Government undertakes to ensure the protection, rehabilitation and promotion of vulnerable social groups such as child heads of families, orphans, traumatized children, widows, female heads of families, juvenile delinquents, those with physical or mental disabilities, etc., by paying these groups particular attention.

    - These projects shall, to the greatest extent possible, be implemented in an atmosphere that ensures dynamic and efficient links between activities related to fulfilling urgent humanitarian needs and longer-term measures for economic recovery sustainable growth, poverty reduction and the realization of the Millennium Development Goals.

    - The Parties shall abstain from any action or initiative that could disrupt or hinder the implementation of these actions and projects.

    - The Parties undertake to ensure free access and safety to State personnel, relevant service providers and humanitarian staff.

II. Medium and long-term measures

Under the Specific Development Strategy referred to in chapter IV of the Agreement, concerning the socioeconomic and cultural development of the northern regions, special multi-year plans for the Development Zone of the northern regions of Mali shall be put in place and shall, above all, include the implementation of the following actions and projects:

In the framework of rural development, food security and the environment, the following shall be carried out:

    - Provide assistance to seed, fertilizer and other input producers.

    - Support technical facilities for the regeneration of plant and livestock genetic resources.

    - Bolster livestock health through the rehabilitation of regional and local veterinary facilities.

    - Improve each region's livestock health coverage.

    - Provide services, materials, logistical aid, technical equipment and assistance for the return of technical management staff.

    - Promote small farm ponds, floating cages and pond restocking practices.

    - Distribute food to the most vulnerable populations facing food insecurity.

    - Strengthen the effectiveness of the national food security mechanism.

    - Strengthen the early warning system to address emergency food situations and crises.

    - Build the capacity of the national security stock and commune grain banks.

    - Supply the most vulnerable populations with foodstuffs.

    - Facilitate trade between communities facing grain deficits and those with grain surpluses.

    - Support the production and marketing of local livestock.

    - Carry out silt control for the Niger River and its tributaries, as well as that of the regions' main lakes, ponds and supply channels.

    - Plant vegetation to protect riverbanks and to meet the demand for firewood and construction wood.

    - Protect the fauna and its habitats with a view to developing ecotourism.

    - Carry out locust control.

    - Provide research assistance in the agropastoral sector.

In the framework of the local economic recovery programmes, the following shall be carried out:

    - Ensure the economic reintegration of young people and women and their organizations as part of collective private initiatives.

    - Promote income-generating activities for young people and women as members of social and solidarity economy enterprises (economic or cooperative interest groups or associations).

    - Support the creation of community microenterprises in order to revitalize the local economy and promote employment opportunities.

    - Strengthen the skills of young people and women in line with the genuine needs of local economies and promote their active participation.

    - Support cooperatives and companies that may generate jobs by providing financial and non-financial support appropriate to their needs.

    - Provide management training and assistance which, above all, targets the self-employed, initiators of income-generating activities.

    - Improve the organization of artisans.

    - Establish handicraft villages in the northern regions of Mali.

    - Provide access to loans and means of production.

    - Establish an area for trade and fairs to promote subregional integration.

    - Implement an entrepreneurial support programme to benefit young graduates and women as well as training and integration programmes for school dropouts and out-of-school youth.

    - Improve the productivity and competitiveness of artisans and handicraft businesses through professional training.

    - Implement income-generating activities.

    - Provide access to inputs and establish marketing channels.

    - Promote economic activity related to the cultural sector such as cultural tourism, events and artistic and cultural products.

    - Develop microloan services.

    - Promote the extractive industries (research, exploration and extraction) in the northern regions.

In the framework of building large-scale infrastructure, the following shall be carried out:

    - Road construction:

    • Connect Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu to the trans-Saharan highway
    • Gao -- Bourem Taoussa
    • Bourem -- Kidal
    • Kidal -- Timiaouine (Algerian border)
    • Anefis -- Tessalit -- Bordj Baji Moctar
    • Kidal -- Menaka
    • Ansongo -- Menaka -- Anderamboukane -- Nigerian border
    • Goma Coura -- Timbuktu
    • Douentza -- Timbuktu
    • Douentza -- Gao (rehabilitation)
    • Gossi -- Gourma -- Rharous
    • Boré -- Korientzé -- Aka route
    • Mounia -- Diafarabé -- Dia -- Tenenkou -- Youwarou route
    • Indelimane -- Nigerian border route
    • Ansongo -- Tessit -- Burkina Faso route
    • Léré -- Fassala

    - Building of airports in Kidal, Tessalit, Taoudeni, Menaka, Gao (rehabilitation) and Goundam.

    - Building of solar and diesel power stations in the towns of Timbuktu, Goundam, Dire, Niafunke, Gao, Menaka, Kidal, Tessalit, Gourma Rharous, Ansongo, Tin-Essako, Abeibara, Bourem, Douentza, Tenikou, Youwarou and Léré.

    - Connection of the three northern regions to the regional large-scale trans-Saharan gas pipeline project.

    - Building of quays in the river ports of Bamba, Dire and Youwarou.

In the framework of improving access to basic social services, the following shall be carried out:

    - Continue to rehabilitate deteriorating medical units and build and equip new community health-care centres.

    - Build a regional hospital in Kidal and Menaka.

    - Improve Northern students' access to academic scholarship cooperation programmes.

    - Strengthen health-care services for nomadic populations by deploying itinerant all-purpose mobile teams offering preventive care and treatment.

    - Implement an advanced strategy in the health-care establishments and essential care strategy in the community.

    - Build new schools in line with the school zoning map in the regions of Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal.

    - Provide operational support to school cafeterias.

    - Staff schools with sufficient and qualified teachers.

    - Provide students with school supplies and textbooks and provide teachers with teaching materials.

    - Launch a widespread campaign to promote children's, and particularly girls', retention in school.

    - Develop university centres in the northern regions and establish colleges based on the requirements of each of the said regions.

    - Accelerate the decentralization of higher education by establishing institutions of higher education in the northern regions.

    - Rehabilitate training centres and decentralized employment services in the regions of Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu.

    - Establish a public vocational high school in every region.

    - Build a professional training centre in each of the northern regions' cercles.

    - Supply the most vulnerable populations with safe drinking water.

    - Improving the water supply in the city of Gao.

    - Improving the water supply in the city of Timbuktu.

    - Build the In Esseri -- In Tebzaz -- Kidal aqueduct.

In the cultural domain, the following shall be carried out:

    - Rehabilitate and support regional and subregional cultural services, as well as the cultural missions of Timbuktu, Gao and Essouk.

    - Promote multidisciplinary research activities on the subjects of culture, heritage and the cultural industry.

    - Strengthen intercultural dialogue by revitalizing cultural events in the northern regions by means of cultural seasons, national weeks, artistic and cultural biennials and festivals.

Initialled by

For the Government of the Republic of Mali
His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Diop
Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Economic Cooperation

For the Coordination For the Platform
Mr. Bilal Ag Cherif Mr. Ahmed Ould Sidi Mohamed
Mr. Harouna Toureh

For the Mediation Team

For the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Mediation Team Lead
His Excellency Mr. Ramtane Lamamra
Minister for Foreign Affairs

For the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
His Excellency Mr. Mongi Hamdi
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Head of MINUSMA

For the African Union
His Excellency Mr. Pierre Buyoya
High Representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel

For the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Mr. Aboudou Touré Cheaka
Special Representative of the President of the ECOWAS-Mali Commission

For the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Dr. Mohamed Compaoré
Representative of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for the Special Envoy to Mali and Sahel

For the European Union
Mr. Michel Dominique Reveyrand de Menthon
Special Representative of the European Union for the Sahel

For Burkina Faso
Mr. Dominique Djindjere
Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Algeria

For the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Mr. Ould Mougueya Boullah
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to Algeria

For the Republic of Niger
Mr. Abdoulaye Mohamadou
Cabinet Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Nigeriens Abroad

For the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Mr. Iliya A. D. Nuhu
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Mali

For the Republic of Chad
His Excellency Mr. Saleh Hamid Heguera
Ambassador of the Republic of Chad to Algeria

Present at the initialling of this Agreement

French Republic
Mr. Bernard Émié
Ambassador of the French Republic to Algeria

United States of America
Ms. Joan A. Polaschik
Ambassador of the United States to Algeria

Signed by

For the Government of the Republic of Mali
His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Diop
Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Economic Cooperation

For the Coordination For the Platform
Mr. Ahmed Ould Sidi Mohamed
Mr. Harouna Toureh
Mr. Fahd Ag Almahmoud

Also signed by

For the Coalition du peuple pour l'Azawad
Mr. Mohamed Ousmane Ag Mahamedoun

For the Coordination des mouvements et forces patriotiques de resistance 2
Mr. Younoussa Touré

For the Mediation Team

For the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Mediation Team Lead
His Excellency Mr. Ramtane Lamamra
Minister for Foreign Affairs

For the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
His Excellency Mr. Mongi Hamdi
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Head of MINUSMA

For the African Union
His Excellency Mr. Pierre Buyoya
High Representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel

For the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
His Excellency Mr. Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo
President of the ECOWAS Commission

For the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
His Excellency Mr. Djibrill Bassolé
Special Envoy of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for the Sahel

For the European Union
Mr. Michel Dominique Reveyrand de Menthon
Special Representative of the European Union for the Sahel

For Burkina Faso
Her Excellency Ms. Nicole Angeline Zan Yelemou
Minister for Social Action and National Solidarity

For the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Her Excellency Ms. Khadijatou Mbareck Fall
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in charge of African and Maghreb affairs and Mauritanians abroad

For the Republic of Niger
Her Excellency Ms. Aïchatou Boulama Kané
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, African Integration and Nigeriens Abroad

For the Federal Republic of Nigeria
His Excellency Mr. Aminu B. Wall
Minister for Foreign Affairs

For the Republic of Chad
His Excellency Mr. Abderahim Bireme Hamed
Minister of the Interior and Public Security

Present at the signing of this Agreement

French Republic
Her Excellency Ms. Annick Girardin
Minister of State for Development and Francophonie

United States of America
Ms. Bisa Williams
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for West African and Sahel Affairs

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