s/25851 SC

The Security Council Recalling its resolution 637 (1989) of 27 July 1989, recalling also its resolutions 693 of 14 January 1991, 784 of 30 October 1991, and 791 of 30 November 1992, having studied the report of the Secretary-General (S/25812 and Add. 1 and 2), noting with appreciation the continuing efforts of the Government of El Salvador to implement the agreements signed by the Secretary-General to re-establish peace and promote reconciliation in El Salvador, significantly and after welcoming the observation by the Secretary-General that sixteen months after the cease-fire, the peace process in El Salvador has advanced significantly and that significant progress has also been made towards other principal objectives of the Peace Accords, Emphasizing that determined efforts are required of both parties to ensure the remaining problems do not become obstacles to the continuing fulfilment of their undertakings, noting that the Government of El Salvador has requested the United Nations to verify the next general elections scheduled to be held in March 1994 and that the Secretary-General has recommended that this request be accepted, stressing the necessity to monitor expenditures carefully during peace-keeping operations, as in this period of increasing demands on peace-keeping resources, 1. Approves the report of the Secretary-General; 2. Welcomes the continuing adaptation by the Secretary-General of the activities and strength of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) taking into account progress made in implementing the peace process; 1. Decides, on the basis of the Secretary-General's report (S/1993/9693), to enlarge the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) to include the observation of the electoral process due to conclude with the elections in El Salvador in March 1994, and requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to this effect; 2. Also decides that the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) will be extended until 30 November 1993 and it will be reviewed at that time on the basis of recommendations to be presented by the Secretary-General; 3. Endorses the view of the Secretary-General contained in his letter of 26 January 1993 to the President of the Security Council that the general elections of March 1994 should constitute the logical culmination of the entire peace process in El Salvador; 4. Urges the National Government of El Salvador and the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) to respect and implement all the commitments they assumed under the Peace Accords, including those related to the transfer of lands, the reintegration into civilian society of ex-combatants and war wounded, the phasing out of the National Civil Police, and the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Commission on the purification of the Armed Forces and the Commission on the Truth; 5. Reaffirms its support for the Secretary-General's use of his good offices in the El Salvador peace process; 6. Calls upon both parties to cooperate fully with the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) in their task of assisting and verifying the implementation of their commitments and requests the parties to exercise utmost moderation and restraint in order to promote the process of national reconciliation; 7. Urges all States as well as the international institutions in the fields of development and finance, to contribute generously in support of the execution of the Peace Accords and the consolidation of peace in El Salvador; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Security Council informed of further developments in the El Salvador peace process and to report at the latest before the expiry of the new mandate period; 9. Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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