Security Arrangement. 20. With the exception of ISFA, the Abyei Area shall be demilitarized. Any Sudanese Armed Forces and Sudan People’s Liberation Army forces shall redeploy out of the Area. Henceforth, all other forces, apart from ISFA, shall remain outside the boundaries of the Abyei Area, as defined by the Permanent Court of Arbitration. 21. As soon as authorized by the United Nations, ISFA shall deploy in the Abyei Area. 22. A Joint Military Observation Committee, consisting of an equal number of observers from the two Parties shall be stationed in Abyei. The Force Commander of ISFA shall chair the Observer Committee. The Observer Committee shall liaise with ISFA in carrying out its functions. 23. The military observers shall form Joint Military Observer Teams. The military observers shall be unarmed. They shall be protected by ISFA. 24. The Joint Military Observation Committee will submit reports to the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee. 25. An Abyei Police Service shall be established. The Abyei Joint Oversight Committee shall determine its size and composition. 26. A special unit of the Abyei Police Service shall deal with the particular issues arising from nomadic migration including accompanying nomads within the Abyei Area on their annual migrations.
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Sources: Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement on Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and Security of the Abyei Area, Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement on Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and Security of the Abyei Area