| General Peace Accords | |
|---|---|
| Type | Peace treaty |
| Context | Cold War Mozambican Civil War |
| Signed | October 4, 1992[a] |
| Location | Rome, Italy |
| Mediators | Andrea Riccardi Matteo Zuppi Jaime Gonçalves Mario Raffaelli |
| Signatories | Joaquim Chissano (President of Mozambique) Afonso Dhlakama (Leader of RENAMO) |
| Parties |  Mozambique.png){kind=small} RENAMO |
The Rome General Peace Accords, officially the General Peace Accords (Portuguese: Acordo Geral de Paz), was a peace treaty signed between the government of Mozambique and RENAMO, ending the Mozambican Civil War on October 4, 1992. Negotiations preceding in began in July 1990. They were brokered by a team of four mediators, two members of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Andrea Riccardi and Matteo Zuppi, as well as Bishop Jaime Gonçalves and Italian government representative Mario Raffaelli. The delegation of the Mozambican government was headed by Armando Guebuza, who went on to become President of Mozambique, The RENAMO delegation consisted of Raul Domingos, José de Castro, Vicente Ululu, Agostinho Murrial, João Almirante, José Augusto and Anselmo Victor.[1] The accords were then signed by the then-president of Mozambique Joaquim Chissano, and by the leader of RENAMO, Afonso Dhlakama.
RENAMO declared on October 21, 2013 that they were annulling the peace accord as a result of a government attack on their base.[2][3][4]
See also
- Mozambican Civil War
- Sant'Egidio platform - a January 13, 1995 proclamation of importance to the Algerian Civil War.
Notes
- ^ RENAMO declared the treaty void On October 21, 2013.
References
- ^ Manning, Carrie L. (2002). The Politics of Peace in Mozambique: Post-conflict Democratization, 1992-2000. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-275-97686-6.
- ^ "Renamo ends 1992 Mozambique peace deal". news24. October 21, 2013.
- ^ "Mozambique's Renamo says ending 1992 peace agreement with Frelimo government". October 21, 2013 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ "Mozambique's Former Rebels End 1992 Peace Deal". VOA News. October 21, 2013.
- Eric Morier-Genoud, "Sant’Egidio et la paix. Interviews de Don Matteo Zuppi & Ricardo Cannelli", _LFM. Social sciences & missions_, no.13, October 2003, pp. 119–145
- Pierre Anouilh, "Des pauvres a la paix. Aspects de l'action pacificatrice de Sant'Egidio au Mozambique", _LFM. Social sciences & missions_, no.17, December 2005, pp. 11–40
- Moises Venancio, “Mediation by the Roman Catholic Church in Mozambique 1988-1991”, In Stephen Chan & Vivienne Jabri (eds), _Mediation in Southern Africa_, Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1993, pp. 142–58
- Alex Vines & Ken Wilson, “Churches and the Peace Process in Mozambique 1988-1991”, In Paul Gifford (ed.), _The Christian Churches and the Democratisation of Africa_, Leiden : Brill, 1995, pp. 130–47
- Web page of the Community of Sant'Egidio on the Mozambique Peace Process