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August Town Peace Treaty [Stemming the Tide of Violence in Jamaica]
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AUGUST TOWN FIVE-YEAR PEACE AGREEMENT


 Being fully respectful of August Town Community’s strong desire for peace

 Attentive to the need of children for a safe environment in order to receive a proper education and develop their talents

 Convinced that tolerance of the beliefs of one another is the road to be followed

 Looking forward to the implementation of plans being drafted by the University of the West Indies for August Town to be a University Town

 Conscious of our obligations to the wider society and their apprehensions about the high levels of crime in August Town

 Believing that the amount of lives lost over the last 15 years due to gang violence has set back the social and economic development of the community.

 Eager to reduce the unemployment rate in the community by allowing persons to freely and safely move around or leave the community to seek employment.


We the leaders and representatives of the various corners or sections of August Town, in spite of our differences of various kinds, do hereby formally agree to put an end to all disputes and conflicts for a period of 5 years and we set out the Rules that will govern the conduct of this Agreement.

We enter into this agreement among ourselves and with our signatures as leaders and the signatures of key stakeholders and supporters of peace and development for August Town.



RULES OF THE FIVE-YEAR PEACE AGREEMENT


1. All leaders must be truthful with each other: your word is your word.

2. There is to be free movement of all persons across all boundaries and corners regardless of reputation or affiliation to a particular corner.

3. Guns are not to be brandished – they must not be seen at any time.

4. There must be no intimidation or threat to persons from any corner.

5. No gun salute or any other forms of shooting is to take place in the community for a period of at least 5 years.

6. Corner Leaders have a responsibility to guide and counsel corner members away from domestic violence, theft, extortion, carnal abuse, rape and other wrong doing.

7. Respect and tolerance must be shown for the political beliefs of others.

8. No person should be criticized, abused or labeled as an “informer”.

9. A PEACE COUNCIL with representatives from every corner is to be established and will meet monthly to monitor adherence to these rules and the development and temperature of the community. The Peace Agreement will be reviewed every six months at a meeting of the Council and key stakeholders. It is also expected that the ability of Council members to deal with conflicts will be enhanced by training received in the areas of Mediation, Conflict Resolution, Anger Management etc.
10. If this Agreement is violated, the leaders of the corners involved hereby commit to make good faith efforts to defuse the matter and if such efforts fail an emergency meeting of the Peace Council is to be convened. Where such efforts fail or are unsuccessful, the community agrees to call in the Peace Management Initiative to facilitate their discussion.

We agree to play our part this 24th day of June 2008 at the Mona Bowl August Town, St. Andrew.

Signed By:

…………………….
Name:
Corner: African Gardens (Vietnam)

………………………
Name:
Corner: Jungle 12

……………………
Name:
Corner: Gold Smith Villa (Gola)

……………………….
Name:
Corner: Colour Red (Judgement Yard)


……………………….
Name:
Corner: Bedward Gardens (River)

………………………
Name:
Corner: Peace Management Initiative



……………………….
Name:
Corner: August Town Minister’s Fraternal



……………………….
Name:
Corner: University of the West Indies



……………………….
Name:
Corner: August Town Sports and Community Development Foundation



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