Agreement for a Complete andPermanent Ceasefire in Libya(Unofficial translation)
A complete and permanent agreement for ceasefire in Libya between the Libyan
Army of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Armyof the General Command of the Armed Forces was signed below by their authorized
representatives and witnessed by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya(UNSMIL).
The Agreement is the result of the United Nations mediation, with the support ofthe states participating in the Berlin Conference held on 19 January 2020, and of its
relentless efforts to end the violence and humanitarian crisis from the continued
armed conflict in Libya. The Agreement is based on paragraphs 4 and 6 of UN
Security Council resolution 2510 (2020), which called upon the 5+5 Joint MilitaryCommittee (JMC) to reach and commit to an agreement for a permanent ceasefire,
The two parties agreed on the following:I.

General Principles:

1. Emphasize the territorial integrity of Libya and protection of its land, air andsea borders.
2. Refrain from holding hostage the national decision-making and resources of
the country to any external power.
3. Combating terrorism is a common national policy, in which all political andsecurity state institutions shall take part.
4. The human rights and rules of the International Humanitarian Law should berespected.
5. The terms of this Agreement shall cover the entire Libyan territory: Land, seaand air.

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Terms of Agreement:

1. The 5+5 JMC agreed on an immediate ceasefire, which shall take effect fromthe signature of this Agreement.
2. Within a period of three months of the date of signing of this Ceasefire
Agreement , all military units and armed groups shall clear all confrontationlines and return to their camps; in parallel, all mercenaries and foreign fightersshall depart from the Libyan territories - land, air and sea. Until a new unified
government assumes its functions, military agreements on training inside
Libya shall be suspended and training crews shall depart. The Security
Operation Room established under this Agreement shall propose andimplement special security arrangements to secure the areas cleared ofmilitary units and armed groups.
3. The 5+5 JMC agreed to form a limited military force of regular military
personnel under an Operation Room to be established by the 5+5 JMC to deter
expected violations, and the resources necessary for this operation shall beprovided by all parties and actors.
4. Immediately start identification and categorization of armed groups andarmed entities on the entire Libyan territory, whether they are integrated into
state institutions or not. Their status shall be defined and prepared fordismantlement in terms of their leaders, number of personnel, weapons andlocations. A mechanism and conditions shall be developed to ensure
reintegration on individual basis, of their members, into state institutions forthose who meet the requirements and specifications of each institution and on
the basis of the actual need of these institutions. Otherwise, a joint
subcommittee with the support and participation of UNSMIL shall create
opportunities and find solutions for those who do not meet the requirements
or are unwilling to undergo such integration.
5. Halt the currently rampant media escalation and hate speech by of audiovisual broadcasting channels and websites. The judicial and competentauthorities shall be called upon to take the necessary measures to ensure
serious and deterrent prosecution of these channels and websites. UNSMIL
also calls for necessary measures to be taken to ensure that the administrationsof social media applications shall take the necessary action regarding these2

platforms. To this end, the JMC decided to establish a sub-committee tofollow up on hate speech and pursue the necessary actions. The JMC alsodecided to address a direct message to all audio-visual broadcasting channels
not to broadcast any media material that includes such type of rhetoric.
6. The JMC agreed to open the roads and land and air crossings across theLibyan territories, provided that urgent measures be taken by opening andsecuring the following roads:
a. Coastal road of Benghazi-Sirte-Misurata- Tripoli.
b. Misurata-Abu Grain-Jufra-Sabha-Ghat.
c. The road of Gheryan-Shwerif- Sabha-Murzug.
To this end, the 5+5 JMC supports the proposals concluded by the Joint
Security Arrangements Committee that met in Hurghada, Egypt on 28 and 29
September 2020 and calls for arrangements to secure the safe passage ofcivilians, supply convoys and humanitarian organizations across those roads
as per the following:• A joint security room shall be formed, headed by the police officers whoparticipated in the Hurghada meetings, to propose and implement special
security arrangements that ensure safe passage across the aforementioned
roads and other roads throughout the entire Libyan territory, as well as theareas cleared of military units and armed formations .
• The 5+5 JMC shall select and define the duties of the Command of theSecurity Operation Room and his Deputies.
• The target roads shall be cleared of any military or armed forces once thejoint force assumes duties.
• The aforementioned command shall form the force assigned to secure theroads, on the basis of criteria of competence, experience and discipline.
The 5+5 JMC agreed to assign the Commander of the Petroleum Facilities
Guard (PFG) in the Western Region, the Commander of the Petroleum
Facilities Guard in the Eastern Region, and a delegate from the National Oil
Corporation to liaise and submit a proposal to the 5+5 JMC the forrestructuring and reorganizing the PFG, so as to ensure undisturbed andcontinued flow of oil.
7. End arrest based on identity or political affiliation, and limit prosecution andarrest to those wanted for criminal reasons and refer them to the relevant
authorities.

38. The JMC agreed to take urgent measures for exchange of those detained as aresult of military operations or arrest based on identity by forming specializedcommittees from the concerned parties.
9. In light of the prevailing positive atmosphere and complete confidence, the5+5 JMC, in conjunction with UNSMIL team, will develop a mechanism tomonitor the implementation of this Agreement.
10. The ceasefire shall not apply to the UN-designated terrorist groups across theLibyan territory.
12. The 5+5 JMC recommends and urges UNSMIL to forward the Ceasefire
Agreement signed by the JMC to the Security Council to adopt a resolution toensure compliance and implementation of this Agreement by all internal andexternal parties.

This Agreement is signed at Palais des Nations, Geneva at 11:00 AM Friday, 23
October 2020.

Representatives of the Libyan Army
Major General Ahmed Ali Abu
ShahmaBrigadier General Al-mukhtar Milad
Mohammed Nakkassa
Brigadier General Al-Fitouri Khalifa
Salem
Colonel Mustafa Ali MohammedYahya
Colonel Radwan Ibrahim Mohammed
Al-Gharari

Representatives of the Libyan National
Army/ General CommandMajor General Emraja’a Emhammed
Mohammed Al-Ammami
Major General Faraj El-mabrouk Abdul
Ghani Al-Soussa’a
Major General Attiya Awadh Mohamed AlSharif
Staff Major General Engineer Al-Hadi
Hasan Ahmed Al-Falah
Major General Khairi Khalifa omar AlTimimi

4Witness
United Nations Support Mission in Libya
Ms. Stephanie Williams, Acting Special Representative of the UN
Secretary General and Head of UNSMIL
Mr. Salim Raad, Head of Security Institutions Service, UNSMIL
Mr. Ayed Alhamad Khalayleh, Senior Police Advisor, UNSMIL
Mr. Ali Kilkal, Security Institutions Service, UNMSIL5