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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 KINSHASA 000148 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI CG
SUBJECT: Unofficial translation of Kivus Conference Acte 
d'Engagement 
 
 
¶1. This message transmits, with minor corrections, an unofficial 
English translation provided by MONUC of the Acte d'Engagement 
signed at the conclusion of the Kivus Peace and Security 
Conference: 
 
¶2. Begin text: 
 
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 
 
 
ACTE D'ENGAGEMENT 
 
 
We, 
- CNDP, Politico-Military Movement, 
 
- PARECO/FAP, 
 
- KASINDIAN MAI-MAI, 
 
- KIFUAFUA MAI-MAI, 
 
- VURONDO MAI-MAI, 
 
- MONGOL MAI-MAI, 
 
- UJPS, 
 
- RWENZORI MAI-MAI, 
 
- et SIMBA, 
with the solemn commitment of the Representatives of the 
International Community, facilitators of this present Acte 
d'Engagement - the United Nations, the International Conference on 
the Great Lakes Region, the United States of America, the African 
Union, the European Union, and the Government - in particular as 
pertains to Article 4-, 
 
¶1. Seizing this historic opportunity; 
 
¶2. Reiterating our commitment to the principles proclaimed and 
warranted by the Constitution and laws of the Democratic Republic of 
Congo; 
 
¶3. Underscoring the need for a swift, lasting and definitive return 
of peace and security to allow for the global development of North 
Kivu and South Kivu; 
 
¶4. Keen to participate in the pacification, security, and 
restoration of State Authority throughout the Province of North 
Kivu; 
 
¶5. Sincerely deploring the long-standing insecurity prevailing in 
North Kivu that has led to massive displacement of populations and 
large-scale suffering of civilians as well as egregious violations 
of human rights; 
 
¶6. Stating our commitment to adhere to the relevant Resolution of 
the Conference on Peace, Security and Development in the Provinces 
North Kivu and South Kivu, Resolution pertaining to peace and the 
end of warfare for the lasting development of the Province as well 
as all other resolutions and recommendations adopted at Goma by the 
afore-mentioned Conference; 
 
¶7. Considering the need for urgent and priority implementation of 
the afore-mentioned Resolution and of the Conference; 
 
 
Hereby make the following commitments: 
 
ARTICLE I: CEASE-FIRE 
 
¶1. Total and immediate cessation of: 
- Hostilities throughout the province of North Kivu; 
 
- Any act of violence; 
 
- Any military movements and reinforcements; 
 
- As well as any new recruitment. 
 
Upon signature of this Acte d'Engagement, an official, written order 
of cessation of hostilities will be issued to our respective units, 
and copy sent to the United Nations, the SADC, and to the CEEAC. 
 
 
KINSHASA 00000148  002 OF 005 
 
 
¶2. Refraining from acts harmful to peace and security, among 
others: 
- Any attack, aggression, any act of provocation or sabotage; 
 
- Any comment or declaration susceptible to leading to a resumption 
of hostilities; 
 
- Any attempt at occupying new positions in the field and shifting 
military forces and equipment from one location to another; 
 
- Replenishing in arms, ammunition and other military equipments; 
 
- Any action liable to impeding the process of establishing peace 
and security in North Kivu. 
 
ARTICLE II:  On the disengagement of CNDP, PARECO, Kasindian 
Mai-Mai, Kifuafua Mai-Mai, Vurundo Mai-Mai, Mongol Mai-Mia, UJPS, 
Rwenzori Mai-Mai and Simba troops, on the creation of demilitarized 
zones for the FARDC, on brassage, on integration, and on PNDDR. 
 
A mixed technical commission on peace and security, under the 
co-presidency of the Government and the international facilitation 
for this Acte d'Engagement, will be legally instituted by the 
Government to examine and finalise the below questions, in 
particular: 
 
- Official order to the units to cease hostilities in all the areas 
of operations; 
 
- Geographical location of the armed groups (accurate positions 
located on a map); 
 
- Identification of disengagement zones and buffer zones; 
 
- Request for deployment of MONUC observers to monitor cease-fire; 
 
- Request strengthened MONUC presence to provide security to the 
civilian populations and to the redeployment of the units of the 
armed groups towards transit centres; 
 
- Beginning of implementation of Joint Nairobi Communiqu plan on 
the disarmament and repatriation of foreign armed groups; 
 
- Designation of the itinerary of redeployment of the armed groups 
to the transit centres (1st movement) and to the centres for 
brassage or demobilization (2nd movement) and, on a needs basis, 
follow-up on their training and teaching; 
 
- Determination of brassage modalities, taking into account the 
presence of foreign armed groups mentioned in the Nairobi Joint 
Communiqu of 9 November 2007; 
 
- MONUC deployment in all the areas occupied by the CNDP, PARECO, 
Kasindian Mai Mai, Kifuafua Mai Mai, Vurondo Mai Mai, Mongol Mai 
Mai, UJPS, Rwenzori Mai Mai and Simba; 
 
- Re-establishment of State Authority (Police, Administration and 
Justice); 
 
- Integration into the Armed Forces; 
 
- Demobilization and reintegration; 
 
- Participation in DDR activities leading to either brassage with a 
view to integrating the FARDC, or to demobilisation and 
reintegration with a view to a permanent return to civilian life, 
essential step in the pacification and effective securitisation 
process for the province of North Kivu; 
 
- Participation without preconditions of the CNDP, PARECO, Kasindian 
Mai Mai, Kifuafua Mai Mai, Vurondo Mai Mai, Mongol Mai Mai, UJPS, 
Rwenzori Mai Mai and Simba, and in accordance with national 
legislation, in the implementation of the integration plan of the 
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), and of 
the National Programme of Disarmament, Demobilisation and 
Reintegration (PNDDR); 
 
- Transmission, following signing of the present Acte and in 
accordance with the timetable put in place by the ad hoc Commission 
with the assistance of the International Community, of lists of 
men-in-arms and arms, as well as their locations. 
 
For this purpose, there will be established, within this Commission, 
two Sub-Commissions as follows: 
 
 
KINSHASA 00000148  003 OF 005 
 
 
a) Mixed Sub-Commission on Military Matters, charged with: 
 
- Disengagement; 
 
- Brassage; 
 
- Demoblisation; 
 
- Social reintegration. 
 
b) Mixed Sub-Commission on Humanitarian and Social Matters, charged 
with: 
 
- Issues of internally-displaced persons; 
 
- Refugee issues. 
 
ARTICLE III: HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 
 
Strict compliance with international humanitarian and human rights 
provisions, in particular: 
 
- Prohibition of all acts of violence and abuse, in all its guises, 
against the civilian population, especially women and children, the 
elderly and the handicapped; 
 
- Release of all persons who are being detained or have been taken 
hostage on the basis of their opinions or membership in an 
insurrectional group; 
 
- Return of goods to their owners, or their next of kin; 
 
- The return of the refugees under the supervision of tripartite 
UNHCR - DRC Government and Government of the country of asylum 
(Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania) as per a calendar adopted by 
the Technical Commission on Humanitarian and Social Matters; 
 
- The establishment of a Commission charged with supervising the 
return of the internally displaced persons and their 
re-establishment in their places of origin with the assistance of 
the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations; 
 
- Provision of conditions conducive to the provision of humanitarian 
assistance and emergency aid to the civilian populations; 
 
- Halting of any and all recruitment and use of child soldiers, and 
promotion of the rights of children in conflict (and post-conflict) 
zones; 
 
- Free circulation of goods and people, as well as removal of all 
roadblocks. 
 
ARTICLE IV: POLITICAL GUARANTEES AND JUDICIAL MEASURES 
 
The Government of the DRC, as per the request of the CNDP, 
political-military movement, of PARECO, of the Kasindian Mai Mai, of 
the Kifuafua Mai Mai, the Vurondo Mai Mai, the Mongol Mai Mai, the 
UJPS, the Rwenzori Mai Mai Rwenzori and Simba, commits, in 
accordance with the relevant recommendation of the Conference on 
Peace, Security and Development in the Provinces of North Kivu and 
South Kivu: 
 
¶1. to present to Parliament a draft law on amnesty for acts of war 
and insurrection, covering the period of June 2003 to the date of 
the promulgation of the law, but excluding war crimes, crimes 
against humanity and genocide; 
 
¶2. to establish a Technical Commission by Presidential Decree in 
particular to finalise the disengagement plan, the question of 
ranks, integration and reintegration of the demobilised; 
 
¶3. to decree and respect the cease-fire, as stipulated in Article 
1; 
 
¶4. to create a demilitarized zone to enable in particular the 
deployment of MONUC observers and the secure return of displaced 
persons; 
 
¶5. to refrain from all support or all military or logistical 
assistance to national or foreign armed groups, or to solicit any 
support whatsoever from the national armed forces; 
 
¶6. The signatories of the present acte d'engagement agree that the 
international facilitators are both observers and guarantors of its 
faithful implementation, in particular through the Technical 
 
KINSHASA 00000148  004 OF 005 
 
 
Commission foreseen in Article 2. 
 
 
Done at Goma, in as many copies as there are signatories, on 
____________________. 
 
 
FOR 
 
¶1. The National Congress for the Defense of the People, CNDP 
 
Mr KAMBASU NGEVE 
 
¶2. PARECO/FAP, 
 
MRS SOPHIE BWIZE B. 
 
MR MATHE SIKILI 
 
MR SENDUGO MUSEVENI 
 
¶3. Kasindien Mai-Mai, 
 
Mr VITA KITAMBALA 
 
¶4. [K]ifuafua Mai-Mai, 
 
- Walikale Axis 
 
Mr BIKOY MUKONGO 
 
- Ufamandu/Masisi Axis 
 
Mr Didier BITAKI WETESHE 
 
¶5. Vurondo Mai-Mai, 
 
Mr KAMBILIBAYA SINDANI 
 
¶6. Mongol Mai-Mai, 
 
Mr F. MIGANDA GARAGA 
 
Mr D. HABYARA SHOBORA 
 
¶7. UJPS, 
 
MR TUMAINI BYANMUNGU E. 
 
¶8. Rwenzori Mai-Mai 
 
Mr. KASAREKA MATABISHI 
 
¶9. Simba 
 
Mr Hodaf MUNGO KALINDA 
 
Mr KAKURU KIKA D. 
 
 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT 
 
Minister of State for the Interior, Decentralization and Security 
 
H.E. Denis KALUME NUMBI 
 
 
FOR THE CONFERENCE 
 
¶1. The President of the Conference 
 
Father Apollinaire MALUMALU 
 
¶2. The President of the Wise Men's Committee 
 
Honorable Vital KAMERHE 
 
¶3. The Deputy Coordinator of the Moderators' Panel 
 
Mr Azarias RUBERWA MANYUA 
 
¶4. North Kivu Delegation 
 
The Governor 
 
 
KINSHASA 00000148  005 OF 005 
 
 
Mr. Julien PALUKU KAHONGYA 
 
The Vice-President of the Provincial Assembly 
 
Honorable MUKINTI BAUMBILIA 
 
¶5. South Kivu Delegation 
The Governor a.i. 
 
Mr. WATUNAKANZA B. Bernard 
 
The President of the Provincial Assembly 
 
Honorable BALEKE KADUDU Emile 
 
 
THE INTERNATIONAL FACILITATORS 
 
- For the UNITED NATIONS:  Mr ALAN DOSS 
 
- For the EUROPEAN UNION:  Mr Roeland van de GEER 
 
- For the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  Mr TIM SHORTLEY 
 
- For the AFRICAN UNION:  Mr Pierre YERE 
 
- For the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 
ON THE GREAT LAKES REGION:  Mrs Liberata MULAMULA 
 
 
NATIONAL OBSERVERS 
 
FOR THE TRADITIONAL CHIEFS 
 
- SOUTH KIVU:  MWAMI KABARA RUGEMANINZI II NABUSHI 
 
- NORTH KIVU:  MWAMA ALEXANDRE MUHINDO MUKASASENGE 
 
FOR CIVIL SOCIETY 
 
- NATIONAL DELEGATION:  MR KIBISWA KWABENE NAUPESS 
 
- SOUTH KIVU:  MR BIRHINGINGWA MUGABO CYPRIEN 
 
- NORTH KIVU:  MR JASON JUNENO MAENE 
 
FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR 
 
- FEC SOUTH KIVU:  MR MUDEKEREZA NAMEGABE 
 
- FEC NORTH KIVU:  MR DESIRE SEGAHUNGU 
 
FOR THE RELIGIOUS GROUPS 
 
CATHOLIC CHURCH:  + THEOPHILE KABOY 
 
CHURCH OF CHRIST IN THE CONGO:  BISHOP SONGOU NATHALIS 
 
ORTHODOX CHURCH:  PROF. FUMUNZANZA GIMUANGA 
 
KIMBANGIST CHURCH:  REV. SALUAMESO RAPHAEL 
 
CHURCH OF THE AWAKENING:  BISHOP NTAMBWE MUMPEMPE 
 
ISLAMIC COMMUNITY:  IMAN RACHIDI MOUSSA 
 
INDEPENDENT CHURCH OF THE CONGO:  H.E. SIMON NZINGA M. 
 
SALVATION ARMY:  MAJOR GRACIA MATONDO 
 
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