The 1999 Nairobi Agreement was a deal signed by Presidents
Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and retired senior military officer who has been the 9th and current President of Uganda since 26 January 1986. Museveni spearheaded rebellions with aid of then ...
of
Uganda
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and
Omar al-Bashir of
Sudan in
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
,
Kenya
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, on 8 December 1999. The stated intent of the agreement was to "provide the critical impetus for resolving the northern Uganda conflict." The deal was brokered by former US president
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1 ...
.
Conditions
The governments of
Uganda
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and
Sudan agreed to respect each other's territorial integrity, renounce use of force in settling differences, return prisoners of war from respective countries and generally work to disarming rebel groups within their own territory and refusing support towards rebel groups operating in each other's territory.
[Nairobi Agreement
(8 December 1999 http://www.c-r.org/our-work/accord/northern-uganda/nairobi-agreement.php]
References
Implementing the 1999 Nairobi Agreement Oguru Otto, from Protracted conflict, elusive peace - Initiatives to end the violence in northern Uganda, editor Okello Lucima, Accord issue 11, Conciliation Resources, 2002
Politics of Sudan
History of Nairobi
1999 in Kenya
1999 in Sudan
1999 in Uganda
Treaties of Uganda
Treaties of the Republic of the Sudan (1985–2011)
Treaties concluded in 1999
Treaties entered into force in 1999
Sudan–Uganda relations
1990s in Nairobi
Jimmy Carter
Yoweri Museveni
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