Lusaka protocol

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The Lusaka Protocol was signed on November 20, 1994 by the government of Angola and representatives of the UNITA soldiers in Lusaka in neighboring Zambia .

It regulates the peace treaty between the government and UNITA, particularly with a view to resolving the remaining open military questions. It guarantees an amnesty for war crimes and regulates - in a relatively vague formulation - the military aspects such as the implementation of the armistice, the disengagement of troops, the integration of around 5,000 UNITA soldiers into the army and police, the details of barracking, demobilization and demobilization Reintegration of the remaining UNITA soldiers into civil life.

Implementation of the agreement should start on November 21, one day after it was signed. It was planned that the Troika states ( USA , Russia and Portugal ) and the United Nations should send a total of 50 military observers within the framework of UNAVEM II for the military phase . However, the participation of international military observers remained extremely limited throughout the military phase. Due to the lack of a mandate from the UN Security Council, the UN was barely able to perform its tasks in the military field. Only at the end of June did the UN Security Council approve the deployment of 11 military observers to the Joint Military Commission.