Pretoria Programme of Implementation

The following is the Programme of Implementation of the 30 July 2002 peace agreement between the governments of Rwanda and the DRC on the withdrawal of Rwandan troops from the territory of the DRC and the dismantling of the ex-FAR and Interahamwe forces in the DRC, as issued by the Office of the President of South Africa and posted on the South African Department of Foreign Affairs website.

The governments of the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the understanding that;

The third party, defined in the main agreement as the Secretary General of the United Nations and South Africa, in its dual capacity as Chairperson of the African Union and as facilitator, will throughout the process of implementing the programme as agreed to by the parties, take authority over the management of the programme.

The Third party commits itself to continuously overseeing and verifying the processes that will be undertaken by both parties in the spirit of executing the commitments made in the Peace Agreement.

The Third party shall establish, for the purpose of overseeing and verifying the implementation of this programme, a Permanent Secretariat, to be determined by the third party.

Both Parties further agree to commit themselves to accepting as final, verification reports by the third party and consider this agreement to be binding hereby commit themselves to the following calendar of events:

Activity: Formal signing of the Agreement between Government of Rwanda and the DRC on the Withdrawal of the Rwandan troops from the DRC territory and dismantling of the ex-FAR and Interahamwe forces in the DRC, in the presence of the UN Secretary General and President Thabo Mbeki, Chairperson of the African Union.
Time Frame: D1
Responsibility: Governments of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Third party

Principle in Peace Agreement: 5

Activity: Declaration of withdrawal by the Government of Rwanda on the basis of this agreement and the time-table thereof.
Time Frame: D1
Responsibility: Rwanda

Activity: Rwanda to submit detailed plans/programme for withdrawal.
Time Frame: D5-10
Responsibility: Rwanda

Principle in Peace Agreement: 8.6

Activity: Establishment of the verification mechanism and implementation structure by the Third Party, (in liaison with signatories, where necessary)
Time Frame: D5-90
Responsibility: Third Party

Principle in Peace Agreement: 8.5

Activity: Communication of information to the Third Party's verification structure on relevant matters by both parties, including information on ex-FAR and Interahamwe
Time Frame: D5-90
Responsibility: Rwanda and DRC

Principle in Peace Agreement: 8.6

Activity: Verification process of information received begins
Time Frame: D10-90
Responsibility: Third Party

Principle in Peace Agreement: 8.9

Activity: Finalisation of MONUC Phase 3 Deployment
Time Frame: D1-15
Responsibility: MONUC

Principle in Peace Agreement: 7

Activity: Establishment and operationalisation of the assembly points for the holding of ex-FAR and Interahamwe, including securing of the assembly points in terms of MONUC and JMC processes.
Time Frame: D5-25
Responsibility: MONUC, JMC and Third Party

Principle in Peace Agreement: 8.6

Activity: Verification of the establishment and functionality of assembly points
Time Frame: D5-75
Responsibility: Third Party

Principle in Peace Agreement: 8.1

Activity: Tracking down, disarming and dismantling Interahamwe and ex-FAR leaders and troops
Time Frame: D10-90
Responsibility: MONUC, DRC, JMC, Rwanda and Third Party (see footnote)

Principle in Peace Agreement: 8.9

Activity: Movement to assembly areas of ex-FAR and Interahamwe and its leadership
Time Frame: D15-90
Responsibility: MONUC

Activity: Verification/monitoring of dismantling and cessation of support to ex-FAR and Interahamwe
Time Frame: D10-90
Responsibility: Third Party, JMC and MONUC

Principle in Peace Agreement: 8.4

Activity: Repatriation of ex-FAR and Interahamwe forces
Time Frame: D30-90
Responsibility: Rwanda, JMC and MONUC

Principle in Peace Agreement: 5 and 8.3

Activity: Verification of process of repatriation
Time Frame: D30-9-
Responsibility: Third Party

Principle in Peace Agreement: 5

Activity: Withdrawal of Rwandan troops
Time Frame: F45-90
Responsibility: Rwanda

Principle in Peace Agreement: 8.6

Activity: Verification of process of withdrawal
Time Frame: D45-90
Responsibility: Third Party and MONUC

Principle in Peace Agreement:

Activity: Final verification process on completion of the 90 Days Programme of Action
Time Frame: D90-120
Responsibility: Third Party

Activity: Submission of final report
Time Frame: D90-120
Responsibility: Third Party

Activity: Normalisation of relations between the two countries
Time Frame: D1- ongoing
Responsibility: DRC and Rwanda

Issued by The Presidency

30 July 2002

Footnote: Rwanda's and DRC's participation will depend on the extent to which they control the areas related to the task, as determined by the Third Party.