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Lusaka Protocol
Lusaka, Zambia, November 15, 1994
The Government of the Republic of Angola (GRA) and the "União
Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola" (UNITA);
With the mediation of the United Nations Organization, represented
by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the
United Nations in Angola, Mr. Alioune Blondin Beye;
In the presence of the Representatives of the Observer States of
the Angolan peace process:
Government of the United States of America;
Government of the Russian Federation;
Government of Portugal;
Mindful of:
- The need to conclude the implementation of the "Acordos de Paz
para Angola" signed in Lisbon on 31 May 1991;
- The need for a smooth and normal functioning of the
institutions resulting from the elections held on 29 and 30
September 1992;
- The need for the establishment of a just and lasting peace
within the framework of a true and sincere national
reconciliation;
- The relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security
Council,
Accept as binding the documents listed below, which constitute the
Lusaka Protocol:
Annex 1: Agenda of the Angola Peace Talks between the Government and UNITA;
Annex 2: Reaffirmation of the acceptance, by the Government and UNITA, of the relevant legal instruments;
Annex 3: Military Issues - I;
Annex 4: Military Issues - II;
Annex 5: The Police;
Annex 6: National Reconciliation;
Annex 7: Completion of the Electoral Process;
Annex 8: The United Nations mandate and the role of the Observers of the "Acordos de Paz" and the Joint Commission;
Annex 9: Timetable for the implementation of the Lusaka Protocol;
Annex 10: Other matters.
The Government of the Republic of Angola and the "União
Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola" (UNITA)" solemnly undertake to
do all in their power to respect and ensure respect for the spirit
and the letter of the Lusaka Protocol.
The present Protocol, whose constituent documents were initialed at
Lusaka, on 31 October 1994, by the heads of the Government and
UNITA delegations, Messrs. Fernando Faustino Muteka and Eugènio
Ngola "Manuvakola," and by the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General of the United Nations in Angola, Mr. Alioune
Blondin Beye, was subsequently approved by the competent
constitutional authorities of the Republic of Angola and by the
competent statutory UNITA authorities and shall come into force
immediately after its signature.
Lusaka, 15 November 1994.
Posted by USIP Library on: November 20, 1998
Source Name: Embassy of the Republic of Angola, Washington, D.C.
Source URL: http://www.angola.org/politics/p_lusaka.htm
Date downloaded: November 9, 1998
