Mission for the Verification of Human Rights and of Compliance with the Commitments of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights in Guatemala

A/RES/48/267View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 40 Situation in Central America : procedures for the establishment of a firm and lasting peace and progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development, published in 1994.

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Dispute Settlement Establishment Fact-Finding Missions Guatemala Human Rights Human Rights Institutions Institution Building Negotiation Staff Security

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

A/49/61-S/1994/53, annex.

See A/49/61-S/1994/53.

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the establishment of a human rights verification mission in Guatemala;

Decides to establish a Mission for the Verification of Human Rights and of Compliance with the Commitments of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights in Guatemala in accordance with the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General, for an initial period of six months;

A/48/928-S/1994/448, annex I.

Ibid., annex II.

A/48/954-S/1994/751, annex I.

Ibid., annex II.

The Group of Friends is composed of Colombia, Mexico, Norway, Spain, the United States of America and Venezuela.

A/48/985.

Emphasizes the importance of the undertaking by the parties, contained in the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights, to provide their broadest support to the Mission and whatever cooperation it may need to carry out its functions, particularly with respect to the security of the members of the Mission;

Calls upon the parties to comply fully with all their other undertakings under the Comprehensive Agreement;

Also calls upon the parties to pursue a vigorous process of negotiation, as agreed by them in the Framework Agreement for the Resumption of the Negotiating Process between the Government of Guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca and the Agreement on a Timetable for the Negotiation of a Firm and Lasting Peace in Guatemala, and to this end to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General and his representative in their efforts;

Invites the international community to support institution-building and cooperation projects in the area of human rights which could be implemented by the Mission and the relevant Guatemalan institutions and entities with the participation of United Nations organizations and programmes;

Requests the Secretary-General to conclude a status-of-mission agreement with the Government of Guatemala, to come into force no later than thirty days after the adoption of the present resolution;

Also requests the Secretary-General to keep the General Assembly fully informed of the implementation of the present resolution.

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