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115) POINTS OF AGREEMENT REACHED DURING TIE TRILATERAL MEETI NC ON THlE STABL. IHMENT OP THE JOINT MONITORING COMMISSION : MULUNGUS1II, LUSAKA 16 FEBRUARY 1984 It was agreed that a Joint Monitoring Commission should be established to monitor the implementation of the understandings set out in the "Mulungushi Minute" of 14 February 1984. The Commission Headquarters would move southward by steps in accordance with the phased withdrawal of South African forces from . The following places were identified for the location of the Commission: I - 2 - Mupa 3 - 4 - Ngiva 5 - Oshikango The first meeting of the Joint Monitoring Commission in Angola would be held on 25 February 1984 at Cuvelai at lOhOO Angolan time, headed by the Commander of the 5th Military Region on the Angolan side, and by the Commander of Sector 10 on the South African side. It was agreed that the South African delegation would include the Head of the South African component of the Commission, three officers who would be members of the Commission, and an engineering officer who would be nominated by Brig Joubert, the Commander of Sector 10. The Angolan side would notify South Africa of the composition of its delegation through its communication channel with the United States of America while South Africa would use the same channel to notify Angola of the place where the helicopters would land.

It was agreed that among the issues which would be discussed during the meeting of 25 February 1984, would be the composition of the Commission's monitoring groups and the immediate removal of the landmines on the Cassinga-Cuvelai road. The Joint Monitoring Commission would commence operations on 1 March 1984 in Cuvelai. The phased withdrawal of South African forces from Angola would commence on that date and would be completed within thirty days. At the end of each week of operation the Commission would move to its next Headquarters location, as set out in paragraph 2 above. It was agreed that the function of the Commission would be to monitor the implementation of the understandings set out in the Mulungushi Minute, including responsibility a) to assure that there would be no South African forces, excluding those attached to the Joint Monitoring Commission, to the north of the place where the Joint Monitoring Commission Headquarters would be located: b) to assure that there would be no Cuban or SWAPO presence in the area in question. c) to assure that the gradual re-occupation of the area in question by Angolan government representatives would be in accordance with agreements reached between the two parties. The area in question was defined as the imaginery line which joins: Marienfluss on the Cunene river, the village of Iona, Onc6ncua, , a point immediately to the south ,.&- --44.- +-e% +hNm cnvih rnf Nii~nnAn

/3 10 km to the north of Cassinga along the Bale river and along the Cubango river to the South West Africa border. It was agreed that immediately after the meeting on ,25 February 1984 a team of Angolan and South African experts would remove landmines from the Cassinga- Cuvelai road with a view to allowing the Angolan monitoring unit to move safely to the Commission from the Angolan side. The supervision of the implementation of the agreement within the area in question would be carried out to the north of the Commission Headquarters by Angolan patrols and to the south by South African forces. In the event of any allegation by either or both parties of a violation of the agreement, a joint monitoring team would be formed imnfdiately to proceed to the location of the alleged violation to investigate the allegation. Joint Monitoring Teams could be deployed in the area in question at the behest of either or both of the parties represented in the Joint Monitoring Commission in order to monitor the cdmpliance with the agreement of all parties concerned. Whenever participation by the United States in any meeting of the Commission is required, the Commission would meet near or on the SWA/Angolan border, at the request of both sides. It was agreed that the Commission could carry out any additional functions which might be assigned to it by the Governments of Angola and South Africa.