c) In order to speed up the peace process, the parties also agree that once the General Peace Agreement is signed, the United Nations and the OAU will have to challenge technical and material assistance.” The report states that “overall, press freedom improved further in 1993. The media, in particular the private newspaper Mediafax, television and radio, have objectively addressed controversial topics, including differences between the government and RENAMO on the implementation of peace agreements, high-level corruption, internal unrest in the military and political opposition. 1″Mozambique Human Rights Practices, 1993, Us-Department of State, January 31, 1994, consulted on September 15, 2010, dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1993_hrp_report/93hrp_report_afr… The articles analyze the role and methods of states participating in the peace process, the impact of financial and diplomatic “carrots and sticks,” and the contribution of mediation and grassroots initiatives for justice and reconciliation. Transport and Communications Minister Armando Guebuza, who also headed the government team of the Supervisory and Control Commission (CSC), said that the GPA requires that the plan to withdraw foreign troops be submitted and approved by the CSC and that the implementation of this plan be overseen by the CSE. Despite the fact that the government had these plans in place, which had been developed in accordance with the advice of the governments of Malawi and Zimbabwe, the SCC had not yet evaluated these plans2. Zimbabwe reportedly postponed the withdrawal of its 5,000 troops from Mozambique, highlighting the rubble of the peace process in Mozambique.3 The permanent exclusion of Renammo`s power and tutelage has prompted a return to violence. But ironically, it was the 1992 peace agreement that provided the means. This agreement allowed Renamo to retain a transitional force to protect its leader. In addition, the UN-managed disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process, which aimed to facilitate the return of rebels to civilian life, paid little attention to disarmament and allowed Renamo to hold stockpiles of weapons throughout the country. When the group realized that it could not get what it wanted from politics, it had its old battlefield strategy, on which it could rely. (Comments from External Reviewer: “While COMINFO and COMPOL were created, they were created late and were much less functional than other peace commissions.