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DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C JONES
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TAGS: PREL, RW, BU, CG, UG, TZ
SUBJECT : RWANDAN CEASE-FIRE ACCORD
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2. EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED FROM À DIPLOMATIC SOURCE À COPY
OF THE DRAFT CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED IN KINSHASA
BETWEEN THE GOR AND RPF DELEGATIONS IN THE MEETING ENDING
MARCH 16.
3. AN UNOFFICIAL EMBASSY TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT OF THE
CEASE-FIRE ACCORD FOLLOWS .
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REVIEW AUTHORITY: ROBERT R. STRAND
DATE/CASE ID: 8 NOV 1999 199500391
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- CEASE FIRE ACCORD BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
- REPUBLIC OF RWANDA AND THE RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT
WE, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPBULIC
OF RWANDA AND OF THE RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT;
AWARE OF THE UNFORTUNATE EVENTS WHICH SET RWANDANS.
AGAINST EACH OTHER AND WHICH DISTURB PEACE AND PUBLIC
ORDER IN THE COUNTRY;
WE, MAKING REFERENCE TO THE COMMUNIQUES OF THE SUMMITS OF
THE HEADS OF STATE OF THE REGION, MEETING AT MWANZA
(TANZANTA) OCTOBER 17, 1990; GBADOLITE (ZAIRE) OCTOBER
26, 1990, AND GOMA (ZATRE) NOVEMBER 20, 1990;
CONSIDERING THAT ALL THESE SUMMIT MEETINGS HAVE PLACED
PARTICULAR ATTENTION ON THE PREREQUISITE OF À CEASE FIRE;
CONSIDERING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE
CEASE-FIRE BY PRESIDENT JUVENAL HABYARTMANA AT ZANZATBAR
FEBRUARY 17, 1991 FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTS
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YOWERTI MUSEVENI OF UGANDA AND ALT HASSAN MWINYI OF
TANZANTA; ‘
GIVEN THAT PRESIDENTS PIERRE BUYOYA OF BURUNDI, JUVENAL
HABYARIMANA OF RWANDA, ALT HASSAN MWINYI OF TANZANTA,
YOWERT MUSEVENI OF UGANDA AND PRIME MINISTER LUNDA BULULU
OF ZAIRE, ASSISTED BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAU
AND BY À DELEGATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION
FOR REFUGEES HAVE ADOPTED THE DECLARATION OF DAR ES
SALAAM OF FEBRUARY 19, 1991 MANDATING PRESIDENT MOBUTU
SESE SEKO OF ZAIRE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE AND URGENT MEASURES
LEADING TO À DIALOGUE RESULTING IN À FORMAL CEASE-FIRE
ACCORD BETWEEN THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT AND THE RWANDAN
PATRIOTIC FRONT;
GIVEN THAT THE CEASE-FIRE SHOULD FACILITATE THE BEGINNING
OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT AND THE
RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT AIMED AT NATIONAL RECONCILTIATTION
AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF À LASTING PEACE;
HAVE MET AND ACCEPTED THIS THE 29 OF MARCH 1991 THE
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FOLLOWING MECHANISMS FOR THE CEASE-FIRE,
ARTICLE I -
À CEASE-FIRE IS ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE ENTIRE TERRITORY
OF THE RWANDAN REPUBLIC BETWEEN GOVERNMENT FORCES AND
THOSE OF THE RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT.
THE CEASE-FIRE ENTERS INTO EFFECT MARCH 29, 1991
BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT, RWANDAN TIME.
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ARTICLE TI
THE CEASE-FIRE IMPLIES:
1. CESSATION OF ALL HOSTILITIES IN ORDER THAT DIALOGUE
AND SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE TWO
PARTIES UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MEDIATOR';
2. SUSPENSION OF THE SUPPLY OF WEAPONS AND ALL OTHER WAR
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TAGS: PREL, RW, BU, CG, UG, TZ
SUBJECT: RWANDAN CEASE-FTRE ACCORD
MATERIEL TO THE FIELD:
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3. SUPPLY OF NON-DANGEROUS LOGISTICAL NEEDS TO THE
MILITARY UNITS IN THE FIELD;
4. LIBERATION OF ALL PRISONERS OF WAR AND LTBERATION OF
ALL PERSONS ARRESTED FOLLOWING AND BECAUSE OF THE WAR,
WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS OF THE SIGNING OF THIS ACCORD:
5. ABILITY TO RETRIEVE THE BODIES OF THE DEAD ;
6. RETREAT OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
POSTTIONING OF THE GROUP OF NEUTRAL MILITARY OBSERVERS,
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE MILITARY ASSISTANTS
(COOPERANTS MILITAIRES) IN RWANDA AS A RESULT OF
BILATERAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS ;
7. NON-INFILTRATION OF TROOPS AND THE PROHIBITION OF
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TROOP AND SUPPLY MOVEMENTS IN TERRITORY OCCUPTED BY EACH
PARTY ;
8. PROHIBITION OF MINE-LAYING OPERATIONS OR HAMPERING
MINE REMOVAL OPERATIONS.
ARTICLE LIT
1. VERTFICATION AND CONTROL OF THE CEASE-FTRE ARE
ASSURED BY A GROUP OF NEUTRAL MILITARY OBSERVERS UNDER
THE SUPERVISION OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAU.
2. THE GROUP OF NEUTRAL MILITARY OBSERVERS SHALL CONSIST
OF OFFICERS FROM BURUNDI (15), UGANDA (15), TANZANTA
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(15), AND ZAIRE (15). THEY SHALL BE JOINED BY
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA (5) AND THE
RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT (5).
3. ‘THE GROUP OF NEUTRAL MILITARY OBSERVERS SHALL OBSERVE
THE RESPECT OF THE CEASE-FIRE. THE GROUP SHALL NOTIFY
EACH VIOLATION TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAU, WHO
SHALL COMMUNICATE WITH THE CONCERNED PARTIES AND WITH THE
REGIONAL HEADS OF STATE.
4. THE GROUP OF NEUTRAL MILITARY OBSERVERS SHALL PUT IN
PLACE THE ELEMENTS AND MECHANISMS NECESSARY TO THE
VÉRIFICATION AND CONTROL OF THE CEASE-FIRE. IT SHALL
WORK OUT ITS OWN BYLAWS. IT SHALL HAVE LEGAL STANDING
ALLOWING IT TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION AS STATED IN THIS
CEASE-FIRE ACCORD.
ARTICLE TV
POLITICAL DIALOGUE MUST BEGIN WITHIN 15 (FIFTEEN) DAYS OF
THE SIGNATURE OF THIS ACCORD.
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THE DEFINITIONS IN THE SOLE ANNEX ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF
THIS ACCORD.
SIGNED AT ----- 22, THE |
FOR AND IN THE NAME OF:
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THE RWANDAN REPUBLIC/ THE RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT (REF)/
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THE MEDIATOR
IN THE PRESENCE OF:
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY.
SOLE ANNEX: DEFINITIONS -
"CEASE-FIRE" MEANS THE CESSATION OF ALI HOSTILITIES
BETWEEN THE FORCES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPBULIC OF
RWANDA AND THOSE OF THE RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT ({RPF)
ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATIONAL TERRITORY OF RWANDA.
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TO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 1672
INFO RUTABU/AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA PRIORTTY
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM PRIORITY
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AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
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DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C JONES
CINCEUR FOR POLAD
E.0.12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL, RW, BU, CG, UG, TZ
SUBJECT: RWANDAN CEASE-FIRE ACCORD
"CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES" MEANS THE END OF ALL MILITARY
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OPERATIONS, OF ALI HARMFUL CIVILIAN OPERATIONS, AND OF
DENIGRATING AND FALSE ACCOUNTS IN THE MASS MEDIA.
“GROUP OF NEUTRAL MILITARY OBSERVERS" MEANS THE NEUTRAL
MILITARY OBSERVERS FURNISHED BY BURUNDI (15), UGANDA
(15), TANZANIA (15) AND ZAIRE (15) AND JOINED BY FIVE (5)
OFFICERS FROM RWANDA AND BY FIVE (5) OFFICERS FROM THE
RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT EACH,
TO OBSERVE AND SUPERVISE
THE CEASE-FIRE AT PRECISE LOCATIONS UNDER THE SUPERVISION
OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN
UNITY (OAU).
UVYIOLATION OF THE CEASE-FTRE" MEANS NON-OBSERVATION OF
ONE OF THE POINTS ENUMERATED IN ARTICLE IT.
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4. SEVERAL POINTS OF INTEREST ARE CONTAINED IN AN
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT ENTITLED, "MINUTES OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS FOR À DRAFT CEASE-FIRE ACCORD BETWEEN THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA AND THE RWANDAN
PATRIOTIC FRONT." THESE ARE:
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A) ON THE PATRIOTIC FRONT:
"THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION MADE THE FOLLOWING
DECLARATION: THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES THAT THE
FACT OF HAVING SIGNED THE CEASE-FIRE ACCORD WITH THE
RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT IN NO WAY IMPLIES À LEGAL
RECOGNITION OF IT, SINCE THE LAWS OF RWANDA DO NOT YET
PERMIT RECOGNITION OF BODIES OF À POLITICAL NATURE."
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IN TURN, THE RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT DECLARED :
"THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT’S RESERVATIONS ON THE
RECOGNITION OF THE RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT CONSTITUTES A
UNTLATERAL DECLARATION ON À POINT NOT DEBATED IN THE
CONTEXT OF THIS ACCORD AND DOES NOT COMMIT THE RWANDAN
PATRIOTIC FRONT."
B) ON LIBERATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR:
"AS À PRECONDITION TO SIGNING THE CEASE-FIRE, THE
RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT DELEGATION ASKED FOR THE
LIBERATION OF THRÉE OF ITS SOLDIERS ARRESTED FEBRUARY 19,
1991, AT WHICH TIME THE GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA HAD DECLARED
A CEASE-FIRE."
"THE DELEGATION OF THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT DECLARED
THAT NEITHER PARTY HAD YET GIVEN ITS RESPONSE ON THE
ACCEPTANCE OF À CEASE-FIRE BY FEBRUARY 19, 1991 AND THAT
THERE SHOULD BE NO PARTICULARITIES ABOUT THE FIGHTING OF
THAT DAY WITH RESPECT TO OTHER BATTLES PRECEEDING IT OR
FOLLOWING IT."
C.) ON THE LOCATION OF POSITIONS HELD BY THE PARTIES:
THE RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT DELEGATION DECLARED THAT
IT WOULD SHOW ITS POSITIONS ONLY AND IF NEEDED TO THE
GROUP OF NEUTRAL MILITARY OBSERVERS."
"THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION DECLARED THAT THE
POSITIONS OCCUPIED AND CONTROLLED BY BOTH PARTIES MUST BE
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SHOWN TO THE GROUP OF NEUTRAI, MILITARY OBSERVERS IN ORDER
TO PERMIT IT TO BEST CONTROL AND OBSERVE THE CEASE-FIRE."
D) ON THE SIGNING OF THE CEASE-FIRE ACCORD:
+ , TT WAS AGREED THAT THE CEASE-FIRE ACCORD WILL BE
SIGNED*BY THE TWO PARTIES, THE MEDIATOR, AND THE
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAU ON MARCH 29, 1991 IN ZATRE
AT À LOCATION TO BE DISCLOSED LATER . " -
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