United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 44 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 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1997–2004

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/58/238

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2004	A/RES/58/238	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala	1,314	37%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/161	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala	1,241	65%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/223	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala	1,008	61%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/177	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala	1,070	37%Compare
1999	A/RES/54/99	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala	742	33%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 2001–2003

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2003	A/58/267	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/51/198B
2003	A/58/262	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala renewal of mandate : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/57/161
2001	A/56/391	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala renewal of mandate : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/55/177

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Budget Contributions Elections Guatemala Human Rights Treaties Trust Funds Voter Registration

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note with satisfaction of the second2 and the third3 reports of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Guatemala peace agreements;

Takes note of the eighth report on human rights of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala;1

Welcomes the progress made to date in implementing the peace agreements, in particular the recently adopted constitutional reforms, and stresses the need to ensure their broad acceptance in the upcoming referendum, through enhanced mechanisms of voter registration, to allow the widest participation possible;

Underscores the importance of further complying with the commitments set out in the peace agreements, particularly on issues identified as priorities, namely, the need to increase fiscal resources for the consolidation of the peace process, and to address the areas of land and justice;

Calls upon the parties to implement fully the commitments they entered into in the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights⁷ and those in the other peace agreements, in particular those contained in the third phase (1998–2000) of the Implementation, Compliance and Verification Timetable for the Peace Agreements;5

⁷A/48/928–S/1994/448, annex I; see Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-ninth Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1994, document S/1994/448.

Urges the parties and all sectors of Guatemalan society to remain committed to the goals of the peace agreements, particularly during the electoral period, and to strengthen further the efforts towards consensus-building, reconciliation and development, with particular attention to the most vulnerable sectors of society;

Invites the international community to continue its support for peace-related activities in Guatemala, inter alia, through voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund for the Guatemala peace process established by the Secretary-General;

Decides to authorize the renewal of the mandate of the Mission from 1 January to 31 December 1999;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit an updated report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session, with his recommendations with regard to the Mission after 31 December 1999;

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

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