AG/RES. 1533 (XXVIII-O/98)

SPECIAL PROGRAM OF SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA

(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on June 2, 1998)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the report of the Permanent Council on the Special Program of Support for Guatemala (AG/doc.3718/98);

RECALLING the mandate to cooperate with and support the strengthening of democracy and the peace process, issued to the General Secretariat in resolution MRE/RES. 2/93 of the ad hoc Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs on Guatemala and in resolution AG/RES. 1466 (XXVII-O/97), adopted in June 1997 by the General Assembly in Lima, Peru;

CONSIDERING:

That the peace agreements signed in Guatemala City on December 29, 1996, put an end to over three decades of internal conflict;

The firm commitment of the Government of Guatemala to implement the accords and thereby strengthen peace and democracy in Guatemala; and

The solidarity of the international community, expressed in its commitment to continue supporting the country in its efforts to carry out those accords fully; and

BEARING IN MIND the progress made toward fulfilling the decisions made by the foreign ministers and heads of delegation of the member states of the Organization of American States by way of resolution AG/RES. 1466 (XXVII-O/97),

RESOLVES:

1. To congratulate the Government and people of Guatemala on the progress made in implementing the peace accords.

2. To recognize the work of the General Secretariat in implementing resolution AG/RES. 1466 (XXVII-O/97).

3. To reaffirm its support for the Government and people of Guatemala in their efforts to strengthen democracy and build a firm and lasting peace in that country.

4. To instruct the General Secretariat to continue to support fully the efforts to strengthen democracy and peace, to rebuild, and to achieve reconciliation in Guatemala, through the Special Program of Support adopted by the General Assembly in resolution AG/RES. 1378 (XXVI-O/96).

5. To request the General Secretariat to maintain and broaden the components of the program referred to in the preceding operative paragraph, in accordance with the express request of the Government of Guatemala and within resources assigned in the program-budget and other resources, with particular emphasis on technical assistance for elections, the Culture of Dialogue in Guatemala: Program for Resource Development for Building Peace (PROPAZ), democratic values and policy management, legal support to the Guatemalan Congress in its efforts to implement the commitments derived from or related to the peace accords, and mine-clearing assistance in Guatemala.

6. To renew its request to the General Secretariat to continue to coordinate with the United Nations General Secretariat and other international organizations for the purposes set forth in this resolution.

7. To request the Secretary General to present a progress report to the Permanent Council on the Special Program of Support for Guatemala before the twenty-ninth regular session of the General Assembly.