Agreement

General Agreement on Peace in Tajikistan, 1997

Name: General Agreement on Peace in Tajikistan, 1997
Start: 1997-06-27

27 June 1997

A UN-brokered peace agreement ended the civil war and preserved GBAO's Soviet-era autonomous status, though this autonomy was progressively eroded afterward.

What happened

The UN-brokered General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan was signed in Moscow on 27 June 1997 by President Emomali Rahmon and United Tajik Opposition leader Said Abdullo Nuri; the agreement preserved GBAO's Soviet-era autonomous status.[1]

In the years following, the Rahmon government progressively undermined GBAO's de facto autonomy through appointments of non-Pamiri loyalists to key regional posts and increased central control over local security and economic resources.[2]

Sources for this page

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Claim: The UN-brokered General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan was signed in Moscow on 27 June 1997 by President Emomali Rahmon and United Tajik Opposition leader Said Abdullo Nuri, ending the civil war; the agreement preserved GBAO's Soviet-era autonomous status, alongside power-sharing provisions allocating 30% of government positions to the United Tajik Opposition.
- Government of Tajikistan and United Tajik Opposition, General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan (United States Institute of Peace (Peace Agreements Digital Collection)) link, Agreement terms (via secondary description). Government perspective or primary official source Source record
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Claim: In the years following the 1997 agreement, the government of President Rahmon progressively undermined GBAO's de facto autonomy through measures including the appointment of non-Pamiri loyalists to key regional posts and increased central control over local security forces and economic resources.
- Tajikistan's Pamirs: A Perfect Political Storm on the Roof of the World (The Diplomat) link, Post-1997 erosion of autonomy section. Source record