Treaties of Chad - Peace Treaties of Chad, Tripoli Agreement, Kano Accord, Lagos Accord (Paperback)

Chapters: Peace Treaties of Chad, Tripoli Agreement, Kano Accord, Lagos Accord. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Tripoli Agreement (also known as the Libya Accord or the Tripoli Declaration) was signed on February 8, 2006, by Chadian President Idriss Deby, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, and Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, effectively ending the Chadian-Sudanese conflict that has devastated border towns in eastern Chad and the Darfur region of western Sudan since December 2005. The agreement was reached after a mini-summit in Tripoli, Libya, hosted by Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi. Prior to the meeting, Chadian Foreign Minister Ahmad Allam-Mi, Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol, and Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgham, attended a two-day preparatory meeting aimed at reducing the scope of the disagreement before the heads of state met to iron out the details. Current Chairperson of the African Union and President of Congo Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Central African Republic President Francois Bozize, African Union Chairperson of the Commission Alpha Oumar Konare, and Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore, the current chair of the Community of the Sahelo-Saharan States, also attended the summit. Sudanese Minister of Information and Communication al-Zahawi Ibrahim Malik called the summit "a generous initiative from Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi on patching up the rift and containing a security dispute between Sudan and Chad." The two heads of state agreed to resuming relations and reopening consulates. The agreement calls for a ban on the use of territory of either country for hostile action and the acceptance of rebels from each other. Libya intends on overseeing the agreement to end host...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=400877