S/22616 SC

The Security Council Recalling its resolution 637 (1989) the Secretary-General for the continuation of his mission of 27 July 1989, in which it called for the good support to its offices in Central America, Recalling also the Geneva Agreement the Government of El Salvador concluded between 4 April 1990 and the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional, Deeply concerned at the persistence of violence which seriously affects the civilian population in El Salvador, and thus Welcoming the Mexico Agreements of 27 April 1991 between the two parties, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General (S/22031, S/22494 and Corr.1 and Add.1) Commending the efforts of the Secretary-General and expressing its full support for his continuing efforts to facilitate a peaceful settlement to the conflict in El Salvador, Underlining the great importance that the Council attaches to the exercise of moderation and restraint by both sides, Decides to ensure the adoption of all other appropriate and necessary measures set forth to facilitate the negotiations leading to the achievement of the objectives in the Geneva and other above-mentioned agreements as soon as possible, including their full cooperation with the Secretary-General and his Representative to this end. Recognizing the right of the parties to determine their own negotiating process, Calling upon both parties to pursue the current negotiations urgently and in a concentrated format on the items agreed upon in the Caracas Agenda, in order to reach, as a matter of priority, a political agreement on the armed forces and the accords necessary for the cessation of the armed confrontation, which will lead to and to achieve the establishment of the necessary guarantees and conditions for reintegrating the members of the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional within a framework of full legality, into the civil, institutional and political life of the country, Expressing its conviction that a successful outcome in the peaceful settlement of the Central American peace process in El Salvador will contribute to a 1. Approves the report of the Secretary-General (S/22494 and Corr.1 and Add.1); 2. Decides to establish, under the authority of the Secretary-General, a United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador to monitor all agreements referred to in paragraph 1 above, whose initial mandate will be to verify the compliance by the parties with the San Jose Agreement, and will be subject to approval by the Council; 3. Also decides that the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador shall be established for an initial period of twelve months; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to describe in paragraphs 2 and 3 above the objectives set forth in the Mexico Agreements and to take the necessary measures to establish the first phase of the Mission as early as possible; 5. Calls upon both parties, as agreed by them, to pursue a continuous process of negotiations in order to reach at the earliest possible date all other objectives contained in the Geneva Agreement, and to this end to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General and his Personal Representative in their efforts; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Council fully informed on the implementation of the present resolution.

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