A 90-day plan to bring peace to the DRC? An analysis of the Pretoria Agreement of 30 July 2002

The aim of this paper is to provide a brief background to the Pretoria agreement, and an early overview and analysis of the implications of the MoU

The aim of this paper is to provide a brief background to the Pretoria agreement, and an early overview and analysis of the implications of the MoU, from the perspective of: South Africa’s role as peacemaker in the DRC; support to the military aspects of the peace process by the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and the tasks, roles and timings for implementation implied by the Pretoria agreement.

 Authors

Mark Malan is the head of the Peace Missions Programme at the ISS.

Henri Boshoff is a military analyst in the African Security Analysis Programme at the ISS.