Agreement
Évian Accords, 1962
France and the Algerian Provisional Government signed the Évian Accords, ending the Algerian War of Independence and providing for a ceasefire and a self-determination referendum.
What happened
The Évian Accords were signed on 18 March 1962 at Évian-les-Bains, France, by Louis Joxe for France and Krim Belkacem for the Algerian Front de libération nationale (FLN) and Provisional Government (GPRA), ending the Algerian War of Independence.[1] The accords provided for a ceasefire from 19 March 1962, the phased withdrawal of French forces (excluding the Mers El Kébir naval base), and a referendum on Algerian self-determination.[1] A French domestic referendum on 8 April 1962 approved the accords with 90.75% of the vote.[1]
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Claim: The Évian Accords were signed on 18 March 1962 at Évian-les-Bains, France, by Louis Joxe for France and Krim Belkacem for the Algerian Front de libération nationale (FLN) and Provisional Government (GPRA), ending the Algerian War of Independence; the accords provided for a ceasefire from 19 March 1962, phased French military withdrawal (excluding the Mers El Kébir naval base), and a referendum on Algerian self-determination, and were approved by French voters in a domestic referendum on 8 April 1962 with 90.75% in favour.
- Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (Viking Press, 1977) , chapters on the Évian negotiations. Source record