Agreement on implementing
the cease-fire and on modalities of disarmament
(Supplement to the General Agreement signed in Addis Ababa on 8 January
1993)
We, the undersigned Somali political leaders, meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 15 January 1993, at the Informal Preparatory Meeting on National Reconciliation in Somalia;
Having agreed on the need for a viable and verifiable cease-fire to promte the peace process in Somalia;
Recognizing that such cease-fire is intricately linked to questions of disarmament;
Further recognizing that disarmament cannot be accomplished in a single event but through a sustained process;
Hereby agree on the following:
I. Disarmament
1.1 All heavy weaponry under the control of political movements shall be handed over to a cease-fire monitoring group for safekeeping until such time as a legitimate Somali Government can take them over. This process shall commence immediately and be completed in March 1993.
1.2 The militias of all political movements shall be encamped in appropriate areas outside major towns where the encampment will not pose difficulties for peace. The encamped militias shall be disarmed following a process which will commence as soon as possible. This action shall be carried out simultaneously throughout Somalia. The international community will be requested to provide the encamped militias with upkeep.
1.3 The future status of the encamped militia shall be decided at the time of the final political settlement in Somalia. Meanwhile, the international community will be requested to assist in training them for civilian skills in preparation for possible demobilization.
1.4 All other armed elements, including bandits, shall be disarmed immediately and assisted through rehabilitation and integration into civil society.
II. Cease-fire monitoring group
2.1 A cease-fire monitoring group comprising UNITAF/United Nations troops shall be established immediately. There shall also be a committee composed of representatives of the warring factions to interlocute with the monitoring group and observe the implementation of the agreement by UNITAF/United Nations troops.
III. All sides agree in principle that properties unlawfully taken during the fighting shall be returned to the lawful owners. This shall be implemented as and when the situation allows.
IV. All POWs shall be freed and handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross and/or UNITAF. This process shall commence immediately and be completed by 1 March 1993.
The present agreement shall enter into effect on 15 January 1993.
Somali Africans Muki Organization (SAMO)
Mr. Mohamed Ramadan Arbow, Chairman
Somali Democratic Alliance (SDA)
Mr. Mohamed Farah Abdullahi, Chairman
Somali Democratic Movement (SDM)
Mr. Abdi Muse Mayow, Chairman
Col. Mohamed Nur Aliyou, Chairman (SNA)
Somali National Democratic Union (SNDU)
Mr. Ali Ismael Abdi, Chairman
Somali National Front (SNF)
General Omar Hagi Mohamed Hersi, Chairman
Somali National Union (SNU)
Dr. Mohamed Ragis Mohamed, Chairman
Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM)
General Aden Abdillahi Noor, Chairman
Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM) (sna)
Col. Ahmed Omar Jess, Chairman
Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF)
General Mohamed Abshir Musse, Chairman
Southern Somali National Movement (SSNM) (sna)
Col. Abdi Warsame Isaaq, Chairman
United Somali Congress (USC) (sna)
General Mohamed Farah Aidid, Chairman
United Somali Congress (USC)
Mr. Mohamed Qanyare Afrah, Chairman
United Somali Front (USF)
Mr. Abdurahman Dualeh Ali, Chairman
United Somali Party (USP)
Mr. Mohamed Abdi Hashi, Chairman
Posted by USIP Library on: March
20 2002
Source Name: The
United Nations and Somalia 1992-1996, the United Nations Blue Books
Series, vol. VIII. (New York: United Nations, Dept. of Public Information,
1996), pp. 242-243.
Date digitized:
November 4 2000
